Clay Elec. Co-Op., Inc. v. Johnson

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• holding that negligence is comprised of four elements: duty, breach of that duty, proximate cause, and damage
• holding that the undertaker doctrine only applies if “the third person [suffers] physical harm resulting from [the undertaker’s] failure to exercise reasonable care.”
• holding that negligence is comprised of four elements: duty, breach of that duty, proximate cause, and damage
• observing that “the ‘undertaker’s doctrine,’ applies to both governmental and nongovernmental entities” (footnotes omitted)
• noting that \[a] trial court's ruling on a motion for summary judgment posing a pure question of law is subject to de novo review\
• finding that a duty arose “from the general facts of the case” where the parties relied on an alleged contract between the parties to establish a legal duty

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