Samuelson v. Lord, Aeck & Sergeant, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• apart from the contract, ECS engineers had a duty not to negligently harm third persons
• “Independently of the contract to design a building or premises, an architect or engineer owes a general duty to use reasonable care not to harm third persons who, it is reasonably foreseeable, might be harmed by a negligent architectural design.”
• “Independently of the contract to design a building or premises, an . . . engineer owes a general duty to use reasonable care not to harm third persons who, it is reasonably foreseeable, might be harmed by a negligent architectural design.”
• “To state a cause of action for negligence in Georgia, it is necessary to establish the essential elements of duty, breach of that duty, and proximate causation, as well as damages, as a basis for liability for the injuries of another.”
• architect for inherently dangerous design causing personal injury
• site design for a post office

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).