Perry v. S.N.

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that the Texas Supreme Court has \created a new duty by applying negligence per se on only one occasion\
• holding it was not appropriate to interpret section 261.109(a) as establishing a duty and standard of conduct in tort
• observing that recognizing negligence per se claim where negligence duty did not already exist creates new tort liability under common law
• observing that Texas Supreme Court “has created a new duty by applying negligence per se on only one occasion”
• noting that the court will not apply the doctrine of negligence per se if the statute at issue does not provide “an appropriate basis for civil liability”
• refusing to adopt a statutory duty under the Family Code as a duty and standard of conduct in tort

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).