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· 7/3/2001

Fried v. Archer

Citations

  • 775 A.2d 430
  • 139 Md. App. 229
  • 2001 Md. App. LEXIS 114

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding fact that negligence claim rests on a special duty does not prevent the extinguishment of that claim when immunity has been granted for such negligence
  • “If the court does not exclude the outside matters, ... the rule mandates that ‘the motion shall be treated as one for summary judgment ....’”
  • “[Njeither a dispatcher’s receipt of a call for help nor the dispatch of emergency assistance alone creates a special duty to the person in need of such assistance.”
  • \[N]either a dispatcher's receipt of a call for help nor the dispatch of emergency assistance alone creates a special duty to the person in need of such assistance.\
  • “we do not agree that the inherently ‘high risk’ nature of a dispatcher’s interaction with the public is sufficient reason for imposing a special duty per se ”

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Judges: Adkins, Moylan, James, Getty

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