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Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised)
Resource 4 . 2 . 2 . 3 . 9 . 1 . 3
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Govich v. North American Systems, Inc. ("The Emotional Rescue Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

How does the rescue doctrine relate to duty? Did the plaintiff in this case act too unreasonably to maintain a cause fof action?

Supreme Court of New Mexico
112 N.M. 226, 814 P.2d 94
No. 19346
1991-06-26

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