Legal Opinion
Goebel v. Dean & Associates
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided March 10, 2000No. C 97-4082-MWBPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT DEAN’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BENNETT, Chief Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
/. INTRODUCTION.1271
A. Procedural Background.1271
B. Factual Background.1271
II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.1272
A. Standards For Summary Judgment.1272
B. Dean’s Potential Liability To Goebel.1273
1. The parties’ contentions.1274
2. The “general rule” and exceptions to it.1274
3. Applicability of exceptions here.1275
a. “Own negligence”.1275
i. Restatement (Second) of Torts § m.1275
ii. Restatement (Second) of Torts § ⅛12.1276
Hi. Source of the preconditional duty.1277
iv. The duty in this…
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