Temple of Justice

Facts:  Petitioner Kent Ducote filed suit against the respondent Department of Social and Health Services, asserting that it had been negligent in its investigation of allegations of child molestation made against Ducote by his stepdaughter, allegations that had resulted in Ducote temporarily being barred from his home and from contact with his stepchildren and which were ultimately determined to lack any basis in evidence. Read more…

Synopsis: Whether in a personal injury action against a landowner for injuries sustained in falling through a wooden dock, the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applied to prove both that the dock was dangerously defective and that the landowners knew or should have known of the defect.