Estate of Catlin v. General Motors Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that \the mere creation of an internal policy\ prohibiting employees from drinking alcohol did not create a duty to plaintiffs injured by an inebriated employee's conduct and that \[m]ore [wa]s required\
• holding “that the mere creation of an internal policy regarding consumption of alcohol on the premises, whether or not the fish fry was a ‘company function,’ does not create a duty” to third parties
• stating “mere creation of an internal policy” does not create a duty
• “The duty imposed upon the employer in Otis was not imposed ‘because of the mere knowledge of the intoxication.’”
• “In order for a duty to third persons to arise, an employer must perform some affirmative act of control over an ‘incapacitated employee.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).