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Review, Risk, Legality And Damages, Paul Craig Jan 2013

Review, Risk, Legality And Damages, Paul Craig

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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 …


The Unappreciated Inportance, For Small Business Defendants, Of The Duty To Settle, Robert H. Heidt Jan 2010

The Unappreciated Inportance, For Small Business Defendants, Of The Duty To Settle, Robert H. Heidt

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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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Was Prosser's Folly Also Traynor's? Or Should The Judge's Monument Be Moved To A Firmer Site?, Reed Dickerson Jan 1974

Was Prosser's Folly Also Traynor's? Or Should The Judge's Monument Be Moved To A Firmer Site?, Reed Dickerson

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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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Survey Of North Carolina Case Law: Torts: Part Two, Philip C. Thorpe Jan 1966

Survey Of North Carolina Case Law: Torts: Part Two, Philip C. Thorpe

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Television, Tort Law, And Federalism, Robert M. O'Neil Jan 1965

Television, Tort Law, And Federalism, Robert M. O'Neil

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No abstract provided.


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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Liability In Anglo-American Law For Damage Done By Chattels, Fowler V. Harper Jan 1938

Liability In Anglo-American Law For Damage Done By Chattels, Fowler V. Harper

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A Synthesis Of The Law Of Misrepresentation, Fowler V. Harper, Mary Coate Mcneely Jan 1938

A Synthesis Of The Law Of Misrepresentation, Fowler V. Harper, Mary Coate Mcneely

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A Re-Examination Of The Basis For Liability For Emotional Distress, Fowler V. Harper, Mary Coate Mcneely Jan 1938

A Re-Examination Of The Basis For Liability For Emotional Distress, Fowler V. Harper, Mary Coate Mcneely

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Rationale Of Past Consideration And Moral Consideration, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1934

Rationale Of Past Consideration And Moral Consideration, Hugh Evander Willis

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No abstract provided.


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

Liability Without Fault And Proximate Cause, Fowler V. Harper

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No abstract provided.


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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No abstract provided.


Book Review. Cases On Suretyship By Stephen I. Langmaid, William E. Treanor Jan 1929

Book Review. Cases On Suretyship By Stephen I. Langmaid, William E. Treanor

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Book Review. Rationale Of Proximate Cause By Leon Green, Fowler V. Harper Jan 1928

Book Review. Rationale Of Proximate Cause By Leon Green, Fowler V. Harper

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No abstract provided.


The City's Liability On Street Improvement Bonds In Iowa, Frank Horack Jr. Jan 1928

The City's Liability On Street Improvement Bonds In Iowa, Frank Horack Jr.

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No abstract provided.


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

Liability Of An Agent In Tort, Warren A. Seavey

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No abstract provided.


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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Are A Knowledge Of An Offer And Intent To Accept Essential To The Recovery Of A Reward Offered?, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1906

Are A Knowledge Of An Offer And Intent To Accept Essential To The Recovery Of A Reward Offered?, Hugh Evander Willis

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Growth Of The Power Of Contract In The History Of The Liability Of Common Carriers, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1905

Growth Of The Power Of Contract In The History Of The Liability Of Common Carriers, Hugh Evander Willis

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No abstract provided.