Legal Opinion
Doe v. Hendricks
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 18, 1979No. 3391PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
This case arises from a summary judgment granted to defendants, the City of Clayton, New Mexico, its Chief of Police and its Police Department. The district court found no genuine issue of material fact as to the duty owed by the Clayton police to plaintiff, a small boy who suffered a sexual assault. We affirm.
On returning home from school at 3:40 p. m. in May of 1975, the victim, aged 12, was accosted and dragged into an abandoned house by an adult male. Two neighbor children in their mid-teens saw the abduction and ran to tell their brother and sister who then went next…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Schuster v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
- Riss v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Massengill v. Yuma CountyArizona Supreme Court · 1969
- Gardner v. Village of Chicago RidgeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
- First National Bank Ex Rel. Huckleby v. Nor-Am Agricultural Products, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Schear v. Board of County CommissionersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1984
- Morgan v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Turner v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Crouch v. HallIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- Morris v. MusserCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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