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· 7/17/1986

Nova University, Inc. v. Wagner

Citations

  • 491 So. 2d 1116
  • 11 Fla. L. Weekly 332
  • 1986 Fla. LEXIS 2360

How courts have described this case

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  • where institution that housed and rehabilitated children with behavioral and emotional problems had taken charge of persons likely to harm others, institution had duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid foreseeable attacks by its charges upon third persons
  • child care institution that accepts emotionally disturbed children it knew or should have known had a propensity to commit acts that might harm others owes duty to exercise reasonable care in its operation to avoid harm to general public
  • child care institution that accepts emotionally disturbed children it knew or should have known had a propensity to commit acts that might harm others owes duty to exercise reasonable care in its operation to avoid harm to general public

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Judges: Per Curiam

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