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· 10/16/1997

Bell v. Bd. of Educ. of the City of New York

Citations

  • 687 N.E.2d 1325
  • 90 N.Y.2d 944
  • 665 N.Y.S.2d 42
  • 1997 N.Y. LEXIS 3209

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

  • school’s duty to supervise during field trip to park includes guarding against foreseeable risk of rape
  • “While foreseeability is generally an issue for the fact finder, where only one conclusion can be drawn, proximate cause may be decided as a matter of law.”
  • “[w]hen the intervening act, intentional act of another is itself the foreseeable harm that shapes the duty imposed, the defendant who fails to guard against such conduct will not be relieved of liability when that act occurs”

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Judges: Kaye and Judges Titone, Bellacosa, Smith, Levine, Ciparick and Wesley Concur

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