Kolodziej v. Durham Agricultural Fair Ass'n

Opinion

PETERS, J.

The principal issue in this personal injury action is whether an association that invites members of the public to attend its agricultural fair has a duty of care to protect its attendees from accidental injury on an adjacent public highway. The issue arises in the context of claims that, under the law of negligence or nuisance, the association bore legal responsibility for the death of a fair attendee who, after leaving the fair, was struck and killed by a negligent driver on a public highway. Concluding that the association did not owe a duty of care to the attendee, the…