An employee who follows specific employer instructions regarding equipment maintenance is not contributorily negligent where the employer was aware of the employee's lack of competence, demonstrated by prior similar accidents. Assessment of future gratuitous care services is largely a matter of impression where precision is impossible, and a trial judge's assessment within the range of the evidence will not be disturbed on appeal. A reduction in life expectancy may itself constitute a sufficient allowance for vicissitudes in respect of future care services without a further percentage deduction.
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