Rhodes v. Wright

How courts have described this case

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• holding that it was erroneous to look at contract between landowner and temporary occupier of property to determine duty owed to third party injured on the property
• holding that this court erred in relying on contract between property owner and contractor as indicating that contractor had control over property at time and place of accident
• holding that a defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law when the undisputed material facts negate at least one element of the plaintiff's claim
• holding that a defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law when the undisputed material facts negate at least one element of the plaintiff’s claim
• holding that there was a sufficient factual dispute about whether Tyson or the defendants controlled the premises where and when the accident occurred that a jury should decide the question
• explaining that proximate cause can be established where the defendant's inaction, despite anticipating potential harm, directly led to the injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).