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Preparatory Negligence, Robert H. Heidt Jan 2012

Preparatory Negligence, Robert H. Heidt

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This Essay discusses the appropriate significance in tort law of a negligent attempt to perform an injurious activity when the evidence is insufficient to show the actual performance of the activity was negligent. The author calls such a negligent attempt uncoupled with sufficient evidence of negligent performance "preparatory negligence." An example would be driving a car when one is so inebriated that the decision to drive is negligent but those injured in a subsequent accident are unable to show the inebriated driver's actual driving was negligent. The author argues that preparatory negligence alone should never warrant tort liability. Rather, those …


Talk Show Torts Turn Deaf Ear To Plaintiffs, Joseph A. Tomain Jan 2005

Talk Show Torts Turn Deaf Ear To Plaintiffs, Joseph A. Tomain

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Accident, Mistake, And Rules Of Liability In The Fourteenth-Century Law Of Torts, Morris S. Arnold Jan 1979

Accident, Mistake, And Rules Of Liability In The Fourteenth-Century Law Of Torts, Morris S. Arnold

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Comment On Structure And Theory, Jerome Hall Jan 1976

Comment On Structure And Theory, Jerome Hall

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Toward A Test For Strict Liability In Torts, Jon T. Hirschoff, Guido Calabresi Jan 1972

Toward A Test For Strict Liability In Torts, Jon T. Hirschoff, Guido Calabresi

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The Victim's Fault In Wrongful Death Actions In French Law, Wencelas J. Wagner Jan 1963

The Victim's Fault In Wrongful Death Actions In French Law, Wencelas J. Wagner

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Negligent Behavior Should Be Excluded From Penal Liability, Jerome Hall Jan 1963

Negligent Behavior Should Be Excluded From Penal Liability, Jerome Hall

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Book Review. Handbook Of The Law Of Torts By William L. Prosser, Fowler V. Harper Jan 1941

Book Review. Handbook Of The Law Of Torts By William L. Prosser, Fowler V. Harper

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Malicious Prosecution, False Imprisonment And Defamation, Fowler V. Harper Jan 1937

Malicious Prosecution, False Imprisonment And Defamation, Fowler V. Harper

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Liability Without Fault And Proximate Cause, Fowler V. Harper Jan 1932

Liability Without Fault And Proximate Cause, Fowler V. Harper

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Res Ipsa Loquitur In Air Law, Fowler Vincent Harper Jan 1930

Res Ipsa Loquitur In Air Law, Fowler Vincent Harper

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Establishing Railroad Liability For Fires, Fowler V. Harper, Ellahue A. Harper Jan 1929

Establishing Railroad Liability For Fires, Fowler V. Harper, Ellahue A. Harper

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Effect Of The Doctrine Of Res Ipsa Loquitur, Fowler V. Harper, Fred E. Heckel Jan 1928

Effect Of The Doctrine Of Res Ipsa Loquitur, Fowler V. Harper, Fred E. Heckel

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In The Hope Of A New Birth Of The One Form Of Action, Charles M. Hepburn Jan 1927

In The Hope Of A New Birth Of The One Form Of Action, Charles M. Hepburn

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Negligence In The Law Of Bills And Notes, William E. Britton Jan 1924

Negligence In The Law Of Bills And Notes, William E. Britton

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Liability Of An Agent In Tort, Warren A. Seavey Jan 1916

Liability Of An Agent In Tort, Warren A. Seavey

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The Right Of Bailees To Contract Against Liability For Negligence, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1907

The Right Of Bailees To Contract Against Liability For Negligence, Hugh Evander Willis

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No abstract provided.