Patton v. United States Rugby Football

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that, under Maryland law, “[t]he element of dependence and ceding of self-control by the injured party” must usually be present for one to owe duty to prevent harm by third party
• noting that a special relationship can include an “employer-to-employee relationship”
• using the special relationship test to determine whether the rugby association could be liable for a referee’s alleged negligence in failing to cancel a game, at which a player and a spectator were struck by lightning
• “In determining whether a duty exists, ‘it is important to consider the policy reasons supporting a cause of action in negligence.’ ”
• “In determining whether a duty exists, ‘it is important to consider the policy reasons supporting a cause of action in negligence.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).