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Dillon v. Legg

Index Dillon v. Legg

Dillon v. Legg, 68 Cal. 2d 728 (1968), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of California that established the tort of negligent infliction of emotional distress. [1]

15 relations: Case citation, Duty of care, Legal case, Louis H. Burke, Mathew Tobriner, Negligence, Negligent infliction of emotional distress, Proximate cause, Raymond E. Peters, Raymond L. Sullivan, Roger J. Traynor, Sacramento, California, Stanley Mosk, Supreme Court of California, Tort.

Case citation

Case citation is a system used by legal professionals to identify past court case decisions, either in series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a neutral style that identifies a decision regardless of where it is reported.

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Duty of care

In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others.

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Legal case

A legal case is a dispute between opposing parties resolved by a court, or by some equivalent legal process.

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Louis H. Burke

Louis Harry Burke (January 4, 1905 - April 28, 1986) was an American lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from November 20, 1964, to November 30, 1974.

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Mathew Tobriner

Mathew Oscar Tobriner (April 2, 1904 – April 7, 1982) was an American labor attorney, law professor, and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from July 2, 1962, to January 20, 1982.

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Negligence

Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.

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Negligent infliction of emotional distress

The tort of negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) is a controversial cause of action, which is available in nearly all U.S. states but is severely constrained and limited in the majority of them.

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Proximate cause

In the law, a proximate cause is an event sufficiently related to an injury that the courts deem the event to be the cause of that injury.

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Raymond E. Peters

Raymond E. Peters (April 17, 1903 – January 2, 1973) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from March 26, 1959 to January 2, 1973.

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Raymond L. Sullivan

Raymond Lawrence Sullivan (January 23, 1907 – October 20, 1999) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from December 20, 1966, to January 19, 1977.

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Roger J. Traynor

Roger John Traynor (February 12, 1900 – May 14, 1983) served as the 23rd Chief Justice of California from 1964 to 1970, and as an Associate Justice from 1940 to 1964.

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Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.

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Stanley Mosk

Morey Stanley Mosk (September 4, 1912 – June 19, 2001) was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court for 37 years (1964–2001), and holds the record for the longest-serving justice on that court.

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Supreme Court of California

The Supreme Court of California is the court of last resort in the courts of the State of California.

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Tort

A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.

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68 Cal. 2d 728.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillon_v._Legg

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