First Insurance v. International Harvester Co.

How courts have described this case

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• rejects the confusing distinction between governmental and proprietary functions; holds government liable as a private person would be
• rejects the confusing distinction between governmental and proprietary functions; holds government liable as a private person would be
• “duty owned by the City to the motoring public and pedestrians not to validate a truck-trailer driver’s presence on the highways without an examination of his competence [by licensing procedures]”
• there was no abuse of discretion in the trial court rejecting some of the expert testimony offered by the City where a proper foundation for its introduction was lacking, where it was of questionable relevance, and where it was speculative, respectively

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).