Kanigher v. Schwerin Air Conditioning Corp.

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• a special duty owed where plaintiffs intestate was murdered after supplying police with information leading to the arrest of a dangerous fugitive
• an informer was shot and killed after the fact that he had supplied information leading to defendant's arrest was widely publicized
• city deemed to have undertaken a special duty to protect a police informant whose life had been threatened
• city deemed to have undertaken a special duty to protect a police informant whose life had been threatened
• an informer was shot and killed after the fact that he had supplied information leading to defendant’s arrest was widely publicized
• special duty arises once it reasonably appears that persons who assist in arrest or prosecution of criminals are themselves in danger due to assistance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).