Casper v. Charles F. Smith & Son, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “it is well established under Maryland Law that an invitee who is harmed by an open and obvious condition is ordinarily not entitled to any recovery for his injuries”
• declining to decide if user of park land, intentionally held in its natural state, was an invitee
• questioning the usefulness of distinct standards of care for a licensee and invitee
• child plaintiffs, aged eight and seven, able to understand and appreciate the risk of going into an ice-covered stream to rescue their dog
• the duty of an owner or occupier of land “depends upon the status of the plaintiffs at the time of the accident”
• the duty of an owner or occupier of land “depends upon the status of the plaintiffs at the time of the accident”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).