Dawson v. Hummer

How courts have described this case

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• holding where evidence gives rise to conflicting inferences summary judgment is inappropriate
• holding where evidence gives rise to conflicting inferences summary judgment is inappropriate
• explaining that exculpatory clauses are not enforceable when they result from fraud
• finding no reversible error because there was no way of determining which dictionary was used by the jury; thus, there was no way of determining whether the dictionary definition differed from the legal definition
• “As noted, constructive fraud may be found where one party takes unconscionable advantage of his dominant position in a confidential or fiduciary relationship. Furthermore, whether a confidential relationship exists is one of fact to be determined by a finder of fact.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).