Torts

Section 16 . 2

half an hour

No Duty Exceptions: Calamitous Liability and Social Hosts

Kathleen,

Mary R Ziegler,

Molly Flash

          The courts often create certain policy-driven exceptions to otherwise-applicable duties. We will study two of the most common, those involving social hosts and utilities.

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