Petersen v. Heflin

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• holding that a wife is not liable, simply by virtue of the marital relationship, for her husband's negligent acts
• holding that a wife'is not liable, simply by virtue of the marital relationship, for her husband’s negligent acts
• holding that a wife is not liable, simply by virtue of the marital relationship, for her husband’s fraudulent acts
• stating that the existence of the husband-wife relationship does not give rise to a special duty on the wife's part to control her husband's behavior or to protect others from his conduct.
• defendant, the wife of the assailant, co-owner of the premises where the attack occurred and mother-in-law of the victim, had no duty to control the assailant or protect the victim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).