Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Gakin v. City of Rapid City

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 1, 2005No. NonePublished

1ConcurrenceZinter, Justice

[¶ 37.] I generally concur. However, I concur in result on Issue 1 because of the Court’s conclusion that “no fiduciary relationship existed” between this public cemetery and the family of the person buried there. See supra ¶ 20. Contrary to the Court’s opinion, a fiduciary relationship may exist. However, I would not reach the fiduciary relationship issue. I would not reach it because the parties have not adequately briefed the issue, and even if a fiduciary relationship existed, the parents’ actual knowledge of their cause of action precluded their use of fraudulent concealment to toll the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Nelson v. WEB Water Development Ass'n, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1993
  2. High Plains Genetics Research, Inc. v. J K Mill-Iron RanchSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Strassburg v. Citizens State BankSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State Ex Rel. Stephan v. LaneSupreme Court of Kansas · 1980
  5. Purdy v. FlemingSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2002

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