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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Jones v. Stewart.

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1 Jones v. Stewart Anchor
lactapp · 2016
green “whether the defendant owed the plaintiff a duty is a legal question for the court to decide.” 4
2 Fruge v. ONOB, INC.
lactapp · 2010
green “(1) the defendant's conduct was cause in fact of the plaintiff's injuries; (2) the defendant had a duty to conform conduct to a specific standard; (3) the defendant breached that duty; (4) the defendant's conduct was the legal cause of plaintiff's injuries; and (5) plaintiff sus…” 3
3 Jones v. Stewart
lactapp · 2016
green “absent a duty to the plaintiff, there can be no actionable negligence and, hence, no liability.” 3

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