Jose A. Aguilar v. RP MRP Washington Harbour, LLC

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• concluding that a “ ‘special relationship’ between the parties” can create “an independent duty of care” to overcome the economic loss rule
• stating that “whether the plaintiffs interests are entitled to legal protection against the defendant’s conduct is a question of law for us to decide” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• noting that the landowner had “no control over [the employees’] presence on the property”
• explaining that negligence requires a showing that the defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff, the defendant breached that duty, and injury resulted to the plaintiff proximately caused by the breach of duty
• explaining that negligence requires a showing that the defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff, the defendant breached that duty, and injury resulted to the plaintiff proximately caused by the breach of duty
• equating a special relationship with an “obligation” that “implicatefe] appellants’ economic expectancies”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).