Jacoy Nixon v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that universities 16 have a duty to take reasonable measures to prevent student suicide in certain situations
• recognizing limited duty to take reasonable measures to protect students from suicide
• finding special relationship between university and student and accompanying duty in context of preventing suicide
• affirming denial of motion to amend complaint to assert new claims because undisputed facts made clear that amendment would fail as a matter of law and thus be futile
• \We review the denial of a motion to amend the complaint for abuse of discretion\
• “‘[a]n actor in a special relationship with another owes the other a duty of reasonable care with regard to risks that arise within the scope of the relationship.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).