A federal jury agreed that one of two defendants was negligent in causing an accident that left a hunter with a shattered leg after a fall from an improperly erected deer stand, but decided the injured man assumed the risk of climbing it and awarded him nothing.  

Hall Booth Smith partner Jeffery Saxby, who with associate Wayne Satterfield represented the company that sold the 16-foot stand to the retailer, said the last plaintiff’s demand to settle the case before trial was for $750,000.