Pet owners may have standing as a third-party beneficiaries to enforce a contract between their veterinarian and a pet cremation service for the mishandling of their pet’s remains and, in turn, recover emotional distress damages.
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When the child of a landowner invites a person onto the landowner’s property, the child’s invitation acts as an express invitation by the landowner such that the landowner may be liable for the invitee’s injuries.
A music festival operator has a duty to its invitees to protect against the consumption of illegal drugs and provide adequate medical care in the case of a drug overdose.
The primary assumption of risk (“PAR”) doctrine does not bar a plaintiff’s recovery if the imposition of a duty to the plaintiff is similar to a defendant’s existing duty and the extension of that duty would not materially alter the fundamental nature of the activity.
An attorney’s duty of candor to the court includes an affirmative duty to apprise the court of material developments of fact or law in a case and not make misleading or false statements.