Lee Ex Rel. Lee v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that state trooper had duty to aid girl whose arm was in mouth of lioness at amusement park
• amounts received by plaintiff from prior judgment for same injury are to be credited against damages assessed against defendants
• a civil case where the victim was shot in the course of her rescue from a lioness; jury absolved defendant of gross negligence, case remanded for trial for ordinary negligence
• good Samaritan statute did not shield police officer who shot child while rescuing child from lioness, because officer had legal duty to attempt rescue
• establishing police officer duty to go to aid of citizens
• establishing police officer duty to go to aid of citizens

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).