Farwell v. Keaton

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[t]he existence of a duty is ordinarily a question of law” but that when there are disputed issues of fact regarding the factual circumstances giving rise to the duty, “they must be submitted to the jury, our traditional finders of fact, for ultimate resolution”
• “Without regard to whether there is a general duty to aid a person in distress, there is a clearly recognized legal duty of every person to avoid any affirmative acts which may make a situation worse.”
• social companions owe affirmative duty to come to each other’s aid

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).