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· 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

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

  • 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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