Lee Street Auto Sales, Inc. v. Warren

Bell, Judge.

The plaintiff in error charges that the petition as amended does not set forth a cause of action against the defendant below.

We do not agree with this contention.

The petition embraces all of the elements necessary to the maintenance of a cause of action based upon negligence. These elements, four in number, are: (1) A legal duty to conform to a standard of conduct raised by the law for the protection of others against unreasonable risks of harm; (2) a breach of this standard; (3) a legally attributable causal connection between the conduct and the resulting injury; and, (4) some…