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Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised for Fall '24)
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Colman v. Notre Dame Convalescent Home, Inc. ("The Caregiver Special Duty Rule Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

Note! This case refers to those with mental disabilities as insane. This is not a respectful way to refer to people with mental disabilities, but I have included the unedited text of this opinion as an example of historical attitudes on this subject, and because the opinion attempts to grapple with, and reshape precedent that makes those suffering from a mental disability liable in tort.

United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
968 F. Supp. 809
Civil Action No. 3:96 CV 0486(GLG)
1997-07-07

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