Pittman v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 34 state decisions

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1. “In order to make a risk of attack foreseeable, the circumstances to be considered must have a direct relationship to the harm incurred. Rivera’s prior conduct at the bar that night (i.e,, assaultive and threatening behavior toward Snyder and Hubbard) was completely different in nature from his later actions that harmed Pittman. There was'no evidence that Rivera knew Pittman, that he had any reason to assault Pittman, or that he would intentionally try to run over a person outside the bar. Hubbard, as an employee of 2nd Street, had promptly removed Rivera from the premises upon observing' his assaultive behavior and had observed him leaving the scene'with a designated driver. When Rivera returned to the premises and Hubbard discovered that- he was driving a vehicle, it was not reasonably foreseeable that Rivera would use his vehicle to assault Pittman.”

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