Moody v. Delta Western, 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 in question of law that is coming to court as case of first impression, de novo standard of review is applied
• stating that at the time the decision was issued, only one state had rejected the rule, while the overwhelming majority of states that had considered the rule had adopted it, but also noting that the rule had been abolished or limited by statute in several states
• “Requiring members of the public to pay for injuries incurred by [public safety] officers in such responses asks an individual to pay again for services the community has collectively purchased.”
• adopting the rule as to firefighters and public safety officers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).