Cases on Municipal Corporations

State and local government liability for failing to use reasonably available information and technology in emergency management

“…31 The "public duty doctrine" is followed in Arizona, Connecticut, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Illinois, Nevada, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Washington. 32 The doctrine is not followed in Florida, Iowa, Oregon, Alaska, and Wisconsin. 33 States that have rejected the "public duty doctrine" follow a line of case authority similar to the following: the duty of a building inspector to inspect for safety defects is a duty owed not to the mere public, but rather is one which flows to any person proximately injured as a result of his negligence in failing to detect such defects.…”