Watson v. McSoud’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
September 2022
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wool v. Larner · Buck v. Del City Apartments, Inc. · Jack Healey Linen Service Co. v. Travis · Jackson v. Land · Price v. Smith
Most-quoted passages
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“The duty to keep premises reasonably safe for invitees applies only to defects or conditions which are in the nature of hidden dangers, traps, snares, pitfalls, and the like, in that they are not known to the invitee and would not be observed by him in the exercise of ordinary care.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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