Bartz v. Wheat

How courts have described this case

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• stating, while agency principles may be useful in some circumstances to understand the family purpose doctrine, we are not constrained by agency labels where the real purpose of the doctrine is to better a plaintiff’s chance of financial award
• while agency analogy might be helpful, rationale supporting family purpose doctrine is to enhance possibility of plaintiff’s financial recovery
• though family purpose doctrine is analogous to agency, it has a different rationale and so cannot be used as a defense technique to bar recovery

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