· 12/20/1988
Husband v. Dubose
Citations
- 531 N.E.2d 600
- 26 Mass. App. Ct. 667
- 1988 Mass. App. LEXIS 741
How courts have described this case
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- noting that social hosts are not ordinarily expected to anticipate that guest will be \violently attacked with deadly weapon by another guest\
- noting that social hosts are not ordinarily expected to anticipate that guest will be “violently attacked with deadly weapon by another guest”
- determining that whether a person has a duty to protect another from harm caused by a third party “involve[s], to some extent, the foreseeability of the harm”
- determining that whether a person has a duty to protect another from harm caused by a third party “involve[s], to some extent, the foreseeability of the harm”
- social host owed no duty to social guest to protect her from unforeseen and unanticipated knife attack by another guest
- determination whether person has duty to protect another from harm caused by third party “involve[s], to some extent, the foreseeability of the harm”
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Judges: Greaney, Fine
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