Olson v. Ratzel

How courts have described this case

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

• principles of ordinaiy care rather than statutory standard determines liability in negligence case; legislative history insufficient to permit a negligence per se claim for violation of § 922
• that a criminal statute protects against a \multiplicity of hazards\ and was designed to advance a general public — rather than private — interest, are factors weighing against applying the statute to define a standard of conduct in negligence cases
• permitting common negligence action for selling handgun to a minor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).