Legal Opinion
Russo v. Grace Institute
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 1989PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
In defining duties legally owed and liabilities to be imposed, courts are forever obliged to draw lines of inclusion and exclusion whose shape and direction are formed by logic, policy and history. Duties are owed to specifically defined and limited classes of people. Lines are drawn so that exposure is not open-ended, and liability does not flow to the world at large.
This challenge to the sufficiency of a complaint calls for such definition, and the drawing of judicial lines of demarcation. The question is what duties, if any, are owed by the owner…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Basso v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Ultramares Corp. v. ToucheNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Glanzer v. . ShepardNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hutchins v. 1001 Fourth Avenue AssociatesWashington Supreme Court · 1991
- Morehouse v. Goodnight Bros. ConstructionCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1995
- In re the Complaint of Poling Transportation Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Russo v. Grace InstituteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Stickle v. City-Wide Security Services, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1993
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