K.W. v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “as a general rule, [a] party cannot present a case to the trial court on one theory and then ask a reversal in the [S]upreme [C]ourt on another” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• ‘‘[t]his court . . . has the discretion to act, sua sponte, on grounds not directly raised by the parties’’
• public policy bars releasing a defendant, with greater information concerning potential risks/damages, from liability for the defendant’s own negligence
• release signed by plaintiff prior to horseback riding lessons at defendant’s equestrian facility invalid as matter of public policy
• “as a general rule, a party cannot present a case to the trial court on one theory and then ask a reversal in the [S]upreme [CJourt on another” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• assessing whether release violates public policy on summary judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).