The brakes on a River Valley Railroad train malfunction and it rolls towards main-te-nance workers on the tracks.Everyone gets out of the way except Dick,who wants to show off.The train hits Dick,who sues Stops-it,Inc.,the brakes' manufacturer.Stops-it can raise the defense ofThe brakes on a River Valley Railroad train malfunction and it rolls towards main-te-nance workers on the tracks.Everyone gets out of the way except Dick,who wants to show off.The train hits Dick,who sues Stops-it,Inc.,the brakes' manufacturer.Stops-it can raise the defense of

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The defense of assumption of risk may apply in this case as Dick knowingly put himself in harm's way by choosing to show off and not getting out of the way like everyone else. This defense asserts that the plaintiff voluntarily exposed themselves to a known risk and should not be able to recover damages from the defendant.

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