· 9/17/1986
Weber, by and Through Weber v. Springville
Citations
- 725 P.2d 1360
- 42 Utah Adv. Rep. 35
- 1986 Utah LEXIS 872
How courts have described this case
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- noting that the rule as stated in the Restatement differs from the doctrine followed in Utah and concluding that both rules are limited to artificial conditions
- explaining that the \question of whether a 'duty' exists is a question of law\
- explaining that while Utah ―has recognized that one who undertakes to render services has a duty to exercise reasonable care,‖ the ―nature of this rule requires the Court to narrowly construe the scope of any assumed duty‖
- finding city owed no duty to prevent two-year-old from falling into creek where city's maintenance of the creek was for flood control and not for the purpose of protection of its citizens
- finding city owed no duty to prevent two-year-old from falling into creek where city's maintenance of the creek was for flood control and not for the purpose of protection of its citizens
- mere possibility of causation is not enough
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Judges: Hall, Stewart, Durham, Zimmerman, Howe
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