Kent v. City of Columbia Falls

Docket NumberDA 14-0309
Decision Date19 May 2015
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15 cases
  • Md. Cas. Co. v. Asbestos Claims Court
    • United States
    • Montana Supreme Court
    • March 25, 2020
    ...for a stand-alone duty based on mere foreseeability of harm and related public policy considerations. Citing Kent v. City of Columbia Falls , 2015 MT 139, 379 Mont. 190, 350 P.3d 9 ; Vesel ; Stewart ; Jim’s Excavating Service ; Redies v. Attorneys Liability Protection Society , 2007 MT 9, 3......
  • Ferreira v. City of Binghamton
    • United States
    • New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
    • March 22, 2022
    ...a plaintiff in a way that would give rise to a tort action were the harm committed by a private actor (see Kent v. City of Columbia Falls, 379 Mont. 190, 201, 350 P.3d 9 [2015] ["(C)ourts should first determine whether a governmental defendant has a specific duty to a plaintiff arising from......
  • Ferreira v. City of Binghamton
    • United States
    • New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
    • March 22, 2022
    ...a plaintiff in a way that would give rise to a tort action were the harm committed by a private actor (see Kent v. City of Columbia Falls, 379 Mont. 190, 201, 350 P.3d 9 [2015] ["(C)ourts should first determine whether a governmental defendant has a specific duty to a plaintiff arising from......
  • Estate of Representative v. State
    • United States
    • Iowa Supreme Court
    • June 17, 2016
    ...law framework that we often avoid—and we should finally cut bait and abandon it altogether. Cf. Kent v. City of Columbia Falls, 379 Mont. 190, 350 P.3d 9, 21 (2015) (Cotter, J., concurring) (suggesting the public-duty doctrine may no longer be viable in Montana and asserting the courts in t......
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  • The Sovereign in Commerce.
    • United States
    • Stanford Law Review Vol. 73 No. 5, May 2021
    • May 1, 2021
    ...liability refuge where similar conduct undertaken by a private person would result in liability. See, e.g., Kent v. City of Columbia Falls, 350 P.3d 9, 16-17 (Mont. 2015) (discussing Montana law); Catone v. Medberry, 555 A.2d 328, 333 (R.I. 1989) (applying Rhode Island law). In the State of......

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