Krauth v. Israel Geller and Buckingham Homes, 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 property owner did not have a duty to a fireman to exercise reasonable care to avoid the special risks for which the fireman is trained and paid
• holding a homeowner does not owe a firefighter a duty of care with respect to a negligently caused fire
• holding that wantonness \is an advanced degree of negligent misconduct\
• stating that “in terms of duty, it may be said there is none owed the fireman to exercise care so as not to require the special services for which he is trained and paid”
• recognizing authority for imposing liability for negligently-created conditions posing undue risk
• applying firefighter’s rule, which shifts to taxpayers financial responsibility for firefighter’s or police officer’s injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).