Doe v. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

How courts have described this case

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

• reiterating that Martens rejected Moss’s view that the right to control safety alone sufficient to subject a general contractor to liability
• reiterating that Martens rejected Moss's view that the right to control safety alone sufficient to subject a general contractor to liability
• holding that a national mentoring organization did not have custody over a child mentee, in part because “it had no ability to guard or protect [him]; it had no authority over him; and it had no manner in which to dictate any of his activities, how he was cared for, etc.”
• parent organization did not assume any of the responsibilities associated with the status of guardian to protect a minor from sexual abuse by an employee of a member affiliate
• generally noting that a person is not liable for harm to another that results from the person’s failure to defend the other against a third party’s criminal attack
• generally noting that a person is not liable for harm to another that results from the person's failure to defend the other against a third party's criminal attack

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).