Jenkins v. WL Roberts, 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 a hardware store had no duty to ensure that the nitrous oxide sold by it was used for lawful purposes and not as an inhalant
• setting forth the elements of a cause of action for negligence in a wrongful death claim
• setting forth the elements of a cause of action for negligence in a wrongful death claim
• affirming summary judgment granted in favor of a store because “there is no legal duty requiring a store to ensure that a product lawfully sold will ultimately be used by a customer or unknown third party for a lawful purpose”
• “The duty element of negligence is a threshold legal question; if no legal duty exists, then no action for negligence may lie.”
• “The duty element of negligence is a threshold legal question; if no legal duty exists, then no action for negligence may lie.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).