extraordinary risk

extraordinary risk
A term of application in reference to the safety of the working place; not a risk which is uncommon or unusual in the sense that it is rare, but one which arises out of unusual conditions resulting from the employer's negligence. Van Kirk v Butler, 19 NM 597, 145 P 129.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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