Hurst v. Sandy

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• holding that plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that the essential purpose of the licensing statute at issue was to protect against the harm suffered and therefore no duty was breached by its violation
• finding that a licensing statute will not ordinarily provide a basis for a negligence per se action
• home buyers who contracted with an unlicensed engineer did not have a private right of action in negligence against engineer because the *Page 172 purpose of the licensing statute was to regulate the engineering profession and to protect the general public

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