Babula v. Robertson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the jury decides whether there is cause in fact”
• finding the familial relationship to be insufficient to impose a duty upon a defendant to protect others from another family member's wrongful acts
• “The standard of care in a negligence action is that of a person of reasonable prudence under like circumstances.”
• babysitter had to exercise reasonable care to ensure the safety of the child
• “As a general rule, there is no duty to protect against the criminal acts of a third party absent a special relationship between the defendant and the plaintiff or the defendant and the third person.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).