Hoffert v. Owatonna Inn Towne Motel, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that building permits and inspections “are not meant to be an insurance policy by which the municipality guarantees that each building is built in compliance with the building codes and zoning codes”
• individual injured by negligent performance of a building inspector does not have a cause of action
• individual injured by negligent performance of a building inspector does not have a cause of action
• fire code meant to protect public generally; violation of code could not form basis of negligence action
• discussing city’s duty to use due care in issuing permits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).