Trianon Park Condominium v. City of Hialeah

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• recognizing that existing common law duties of care apply to government employees in “the handling of firearms during the course of their employment to enforce compliance with the law”
• finding that “certain discretionary functions of government are inherent in the act of governing and are immune from suit[”]
• confirming that there has never been a common law duty of care with respect to enforcement of laws and protection of the public safety
• recognizing a special tort duty, however, arises when police officers place people within a zone of risk
• explaining the lack of an individual common law duty for exercising a discretionary police power function
• providing the following list of governmental activities: “(I) legislative, permitting, licensing, and executive officer functions; (II) enforcement of laws and the protection of the public safety; (III) capital improvements and property control operations; and (IV

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).