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· 3/31/1972

Jones v. Billings

Citations

  • 289 A.2d 39
  • 1972 Me. LEXIS 278

How courts have described this case

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

  • adopting attractive-nuisance doctrine and reasoning that decision was supported by “the legitimate interests of children too immature to appreciate and guard against dangerous conditions which present an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily harm”
  • an “abrupt and drastic departure” from precedent on a matter “should be given only limited application in order to reduce transitional impact”
  • adopting attractive-nuisance doctrine in Maine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Webber, Dufresne, Web-Ber, Weatherbee, Pomeroy, Wernick, Archibald

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