Clarke v. Beckwith

GOLDEN, Justice,

specially concurring with whom CARDINE, J., joins.

This appeal presents the narrow question whether a Wyoming landowner or occupier owes a duty of reasonable care to his or her social guests to protect them from *297physical harm while they are on his or her premises. I would hold that such a duty is owed. I would apply this ruling to Mrs. Clarke’s case and prospectively to those social guests whose claims accrue after the date of this opinion. My preference for prospective application rests upon my desire to be fair to litigants and to protect reliance upon clear judicial…