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484 So. 2d 1257·
Fla. 4th DCA·
1985-10-02
·cited 48×
Garrison Retirement Home Corp. appealed orders granting summary judgment on liability to Kenneth and Jeanne Hancock, who were injured when a resident operated his car on the facility's premises. The court held that the retirement home owed a duty of reasonable care to the Hancock
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878 So. 2d 392·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2004-06-03
·cited 46×
A motel owner's motion to dismiss a wrongful death claim was affirmed where the plaintiff alleged the motel promoted underage drinking during spring break, leading to an intoxicated guest causing a fatal car crash off the premises. The court held that the motel owed no duty of ca
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653 So. 2d 1091·
Fla. 1st DCA·
1995-04-13
·cited 29×
Linda McGhee sued the Florida Department of Corrections for negligence after escaped convicts killed her husband in Mississippi. The trial court applied Florida law and found DOC liable, but the appellate court reversed, holding that under Florida law, a state agency cannot be he
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895 So. 2d 1114·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2005-01-26
·cited 26×
The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed dismissal of a negligence action brought by a minor and her father against Publix Super Markets, holding that an employer has no duty to warn an employee about a coworker's criminal background when the criminal conduct occurs in a pers
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689 F.2d 789·
8th Cir.·
1982-10-06
·cited 26×
The court held that the selection and relocation of a witness under the Federal Witness Security Program are discretionary functions, and the government had no duty to control the witness to protect the public.
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776 So. 2d 294·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2000-12-06
·cited 24×
World Gym appealed a jury verdict finding it negligent for maintaining an unsecured keyboard where a customer's car keys were stolen, leading to the thief fleeing from police and rear-ending the plaintiff. The court reversed, holding World Gym owed no legal duty to the injured mo
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776 F.2d 819·
9th Cir.·
1985-11-13
·cited 23×
The Army should be held liable for negligence under the FTCA because a special relationship was created when it accepted custody of an intoxicated soldier, giving rise to a duty of care.
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573 F.2d 429·
7th Cir.·
1978-03-02
·cited 16×
A landowner has no duty to protect invitees against criminal attacks occurring on a public street, even if the landowner uses the street as an extension of its premises and is aware of prior criminal activity in the area.
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805 F.2d 1133·
4th Cir.·
1986-11-18
·cited 12×
The court held that the railroad's negligence was a jury question under FELA, but the contractor was not liable for third-party vandalism absent a special relationship. The indemnity agreement between the railroad and the county was enforceable, and a mistrial was not warranted.
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773 F.2d 184·
8th Cir.·
1985-09-09
·cited 10×
The court held that the government is immunized from liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act's discretionary function exception for its decisions not to prosecute or commit an individual known to have violent tendencies. Furthermore, the court held that the plaintiff's theory
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6 So. 3d 662·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2009-03-13
·cited 2×
Special Olympics Florida appeals a jury verdict finding it liable for molestation of two developmentally disabled athletes by volunteer James McDonald in a parking lot. The court reversed the statutory and vicarious liability counts but remanded the negligence count for new trial
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506 F.2d 702·
10th Cir.·
1974-11-22
·cited 2×
The court held that the United States, operating a school, did not owe a duty to the public to control an intoxicated student's off-campus conduct, even if the school had the authority to promulgate rules.
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Del. Super. Ct.·
2020-12-16
The court held that the plaintiff failed to state a claim for negligence against the animal shelter under Restatement (Second) of Torts §§ 315 and 323 because no special relationship existed and the shelter did not undertake services for the plaintiff's direct protection. However
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840 So. 2d 1105·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2003-03-18
The court held that the sheriff's release of an inmate in violation of a court order, coupled with knowledge of the inmate's violent threats, created a special statutory duty of care to foreseeable victims, falling within an exception to the general rule of governmental immunity.
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Del. Super. Ct.·
2001-01-26
The Superior Court held that a residential facility for mentally impaired individuals owes a duty to the public to take reasonable measures to protect third parties from the dangerous propensities of its residents and to warn of such propensities when they present an unreasonable