Legal Opinion
Cantwell v. Allegheny County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 20, 1984No. 13 W.D. Appeal Docket 1984PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
The issue in this negligence case concerns the scope of Restatement (Second) of Torts § 324A (1965). More specifically, we must decide whether county crime labs, which undertake to perform scientific tests at the request of the police, should recognize that the results of those tests are necessary for the protection of criminal suspects who may be affected by them, such that the labs’ failure to use due care in performing those tests will render the labs liable in tort to injured criminal suspects.
The complaint in this case sets forth the following relevant…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Evans v. Otis Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Commonwealth v. EMBRYSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Pascarella v. KelleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Karns v. Tony Vitale Fireworks Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Kane v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.California Court of Appeal · 1979
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