Guest v. Hansen

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the tragic accident that took the lives of Kristine Guest and Joshua Rau on February 6, 2005. Kristine’s 1 father, Stephen Guest, acting as administrator of Kristine’s estate, sued Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences (“Paul Smith” or “the College”) and Paul Smith employee Toni Marra (collectively, “Defendants”) for their allegedly negligent conduct prior to Kristine’s death. 2 The District Court for the Northern District of New York (Sharpe, Judge) granted summary judgment to Defendants, finding that they had no legally cognizable duty to…