Amos v. Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• interpreting Hinshaw v. Bd. of Comm’rs v. Jay Cty., 611 N.E.2d 637 (Ind. 1993)
• discussing the general rule that ”a principal who delegates a duty to an independent contractor is not liable for the negligence of that independent contractor in performing the duty” and the “non-delegable duty” exception to that rule
• “[A] governmental entity is not entitled to immunity pursuant to Indiana Code Section 34-13-3-3-(10) if the loss results from its own negligence, that is, if a loss results from an act for which it ‘can be held directly liable.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).