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Nolechek v. Gesuale

Citations

  • 46 N.Y.2d 332
  • 385 N.E.2d 1268
  • 413 N.Y.S.2d 340
  • 1978 N.Y. LEXIS 2423

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that a pencil may become a dangerous instrument under certain circumstances
  • involving parents’ decision to permit minor child to use a motorcycle
  • parent's duty to protect third parties from child's use of dangerous instrument
  • parent’s duty to protect third parties from child’s use of dangerous instrument
  • parent does owe a “duty to third parties to shield them from an infant’s improvident use of a dangerous instrument, at least, if not especially, when the parent is aware of and capable of controlling its use____”
  • noting a pencil may become a dangerous instrument

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Breitel, Cooke, Fuchsberg, Gabrielli

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144 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named Nolechek v. Gesuale

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