Legal Opinion
Schultz Ex Rel. Schultz v. Gould Academy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 20, 1975PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
In the early morning hours of April 16, 1971, the plaintiff, a sixteen-year old student at the defendant Academy, was criminally assaulted by an unidentified intruder who had come into her dormitory room while she was sleeping.
That this is so is not in issue.
Seasonably thereafter action was commenced against the Academy based on plaintiff’s claim that there was a legal duty on the part of the Academy to foresee and guard against the misfortune which befell her, and that the Academy failed to perform its legal duty, and was, therefore, negligent.
After issue was joined the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Isaacson v. Husson CollegeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- Hawkins v. Maine & New Hampshire Theaters Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
- Brewer v. Roosevelt Motor LodgeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- Hatch v. Globe Laundry Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Leger v. Stockton Unified School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
- Packard v. Central Maine Power Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- CRY v. CoteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Stanton v. University of Maine SystemSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
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