abstract:A duty to warn is a concept that arises in the law of torts in a number of circumstances, indicating that a party will be held liable for injuries caused to another, where the party had the opportunity to warn the other of a hazard and failed to do so.
Hotchkiss argued that Munn's parents had the same opportunity to assess the risk as the school, but Hotchkiss was prevented from showing it met its dutytowarn the parents about the risks.