SUMMARY OF LAST CLASS

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SUMMARY OF LAST CLASS

• DUTY OF LESSORS
• COMMON LAW GENERAL RULE WITH
• 5 EXCEPTIONS (PAGELSDORF)
• MODERN RULE FULL DUTY OF CARE
• NONFEASANCE
• THE COMMON LAW RULE NO DUTY
• RATIONALES FOR THE RULE

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SUMMARY (CONT.)

• SEPARATING MISFEASANCE FROM
• NONFEASANCE (YANIA NEWTON)
• EXCEPTIONS TO THE NONFEASANCE RULE
• D INJURES THE P
• D CREATES RISK OF HARM (DEER HYPO)
• ASSUMED DUTY (WAKULICH)

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MORE EXCEPTIONS

• RENDERING AID
• THE GOOD SAMARITAN PROBLEM
• HYPO THE BURNING CAR
• KRIEG (489) NO WORSE POSITION
• DUTY OUT OF SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS
• FARWELL (490)
• WHAT IS A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP?
• EXAMPLES P. 491 NOTE 3, 5,6

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DEFINING SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS

• HYPO THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL
• THOUGHTS ON SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS
• 1. EASIEST DETERMINATE
• EMPLOYEE STUDENT CARRIER INNKEEPER
  LANDOWNER
• 2. HARDER INDETERMINATE

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CONTRACT AND DUTY

• THE PROBLEM
• 1. CAN CONTRACT CAUSE DUTY?
• 2. COMPLICATED BY NONFEASANCE
• THE STARTING POINT THORNE (503)
• OLD RULE PROMISE NOT ENOUGH TO
• CREATE TORT LIABILITY
• BUT THIS WAS ECONOMIC DAMAGE

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRACT AND DUTY

• MOBIL (505)
• RELATIONSHIP TO THORNE
• KEY PHYSICAL SAFETY CONTRACT
• COMPARE FURTHER
• GRIMES (506)
• SOUTHWESTERN (506)

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THIRD PARTIES

• THE STARTING POINT WINTERBOTTOM (507)
• IS THIS CASE ABOUT PRIVITY?
• OR NONFEASANCE?
• THE DEVELOPMENT
• 1. MOCH
• 2. STRAUSS
• 3. PALKA

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PALKA IN CONTRAST TO MOCH

1. REASONABLY INTERCONNECTED AND ANTICIPATED
   RELATIONSHIPS
2. PARTICULARITY OF ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY
3. DISPLACEMENT AND SUBSTITUTION OF A SAFETY
   FUNCTION
4. SET OF REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS