Barnum v. Rural Fire Protection Company

How courts have described this case

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• explaining a duty arises “by reason of an affirmative undertaking by one who, under the circumstances, has no duty to act”
• analyzing the liability of a for-profit corporation to its subscribers under § 323
• private, for-profit fire protection company did not have immunity status of governmental unit in negligence determination
• private, for-profit fire protection company did not have immunity status of governmental unit in negligence determination
• private, for-profit fire protection company did not have immunity status of governmental unit in negligence determination
• “[Section 323] is, plainly, a rule which comes into play by reason of an affirmative undertaking by one who, under the circumstances, has no duty to act.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).