Dean Thompson v. Green Mountain Power Corp

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “the opportunity for knowledge, when available by the exercise of reasonable care, is the equivalent of knowledge itself’
• “Foreseeable consequences may be significant in the determination of the scope of legal duty and whether a duty of care has been violated.”
• foresight of harm lies at foundation of negligence; foreseeable consequences may be significant in determining scope of legal duty and whether duty was violated
• foresight of harm lies at foundation of negligence; foreseeable consequences may be significant in determining scope of legal duty and whether duty was violated
• in hen blasting case damage without physical impact actionable, i. e., recovery for shock permissible
• “Knowledge essential to the invocation of legal duty need not be actual; it may be implied, imputed and constructed from the circumstances.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).