Goodman v. Ralph

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that liability for negligent misrepresentation requires injury or damage to plaintiff
• finding that the doctor owed a duty to the college but not to the community at large
• state university had no duty to protect member of college community from rape and murder by former convict admitted into university’s rehabilitation program
• “[T]he duty owed by one member of society to another is a legal issue for the courts.” (citation omitted)
• “[T]he 12 duty owed by one member of society to another is a legal issue for the courts.” (citation omitted)
• “Liability in negligence may of course rest on some form of written misrepresentation or nondisclosure on the part of defendant by which plaintiff or a third party is misled. . . where there is a duty to give the correct information.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).