Tennessee Supreme Court· 12/21/1992

Doe v. Linder Const. Co., Inc.

Citations

845 S.W.2d 173
1992 Tenn. LEXIS 706

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holding that defendant construction company for housing development owed no duty in negligence action to plaintiff female homeowner, who was raped when defendant’s employee stole the key to plaintiff’s home from location within defendant’s control
“Foreseeability must be determined as of the time of the acts or omissions claimed to be negligent.”
“The duty owed the plaintiff by the defendants was, as in all cases, that of reasonable care under all of the circumstances.”
“Proof of negligence without proof of causation is nothing”

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Judges: Reid, Drowota, O'Brien, Anderson, Daughtrey

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