CHESTER EX REL. CHESTER v. Metropolitan Dade County

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• holding that a government agent’s failure to fill out an accident report could not give rise to tort liability because the duty to complete an accident report is for the public as a whole, not the accident victims
• “Absent an underlying common law or statutory duty of due care, there can be no tort liability attached to Dade County in this case for the negligent preparation of the subject accident report.”
• the failure to fill out an accident report cannot give rise to tort liability since any duty to execute an accident report exists for the benefit of the public as a whole, and not for the benefit of the accident victims

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