Legal Opinion

Foradori v. Harris

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 1, 2008No. 06-60030PublishedCited by 180 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue in this case is whether the evidence supports a reasonable jury’s findings that the defendant fast food restaurant operator’s negligent failures to regulate, train, supervise, and control its off-duty employees on its premises were proximate causes of the plaintiff customer’s quadriplegia. We conclude that it does. The jury reasonably could have found from the evidence that the restaurant operator negligently failed to train and regulate its employees so as to prevent the undue risk of harm to customers by off-duty employees on its premises; that the…

2Cases cited108 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
  4. Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958

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3Cited by180 opinions

  1. Goodman v. Harris CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
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  4. Alexandro Puga v. About Tyme Transport, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  5. Streamline Production Systems, Inc. v. Streamline Manufacturing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017

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