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Full-Text Articles in Torts
Assumption Of Risk As A Limitation Of Liability In Guest-Host Relationships
Assumption Of Risk As A Limitation Of Liability In Guest-Host Relationships
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Negligence - Proximate Cause - Liability Of Tavern-Keeper To Third Person Injured By One To Whom Tavern-Keeper Had Made And Unlawful Sale Of Liquor, Alan C. Miller
Michigan Law Review
In a jurisdiction having a statute prohibiting sales of liquor to minors and persons actually or apparently intoxicated, defendants, four tavern-keepers, served alcoholic beverages to an eighteen-year-old minor. Fifteen or twenty minutes after leaving the last of the taverns, the intoxicated minor negligently drove a motor vehicle and collided with plaintiff's car, killing plaintiff's husband. Plaintiff brought this action as representative of her husband's estate and as owner of the damaged car. Her complaint charged not only that defendants unlawfully and negligently sold and served alcoholic beverages to a minor under circumstances constituting notice that he was a minor, but …
Comparative Negligence And Automobile Liability Insurance, Cornelius J. Peck
Comparative Negligence And Automobile Liability Insurance, Cornelius J. Peck
Michigan Law Review
The purpose of this article is not to re-plow the ground of history, case law, and statutory developments which has been so competently tilled by others. Nor is the purpose to give a detailed consideration of each of the practical matters mentioned above. Instead, the focus of this article is on the relationship between comparative negligence and automobile liability insurance. Insurance rates and accident statistics, rather than rules of law and cases, are the primary materials. Such a consideration of the subject it might be hoped would give a positive and substantiated answer to the frequently debated but never documented …
Admiralty - Collision - Last Clear Chance, Erik Stapper
Admiralty - Collision - Last Clear Chance, Erik Stapper
Michigan Law Review
The City of Calcutta anchored in the navigation channel as an emergency precaution on a foggy night. The vessel was hit by a scow in tow of the tug Brooklyn, whose navigator had observed the anchored ship for ten minutes. The scow sank and its owner sought to hold the City of Calcutta liable for failure to get underway after the fog had lifted. Held, libel dismissed. Even if the Calcutta was remiss in not moving, no liability could attach because the Brooklyn had the last clear chance of avoiding the accident. Arundel Corp. v. The City of …
Imputation Of Child's Contributory Negligence To Parent
Imputation Of Child's Contributory Negligence To Parent
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Spousal Imputation Of Negligence In Joint Enterprises
Spousal Imputation Of Negligence In Joint Enterprises
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Torts--Assumption Of Risk And Contributory Negligence As Separate Defenses, G. H. A.
Torts--Assumption Of Risk And Contributory Negligence As Separate Defenses, G. H. A.
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Michigan Supreme Court - An Analysis Of Recent Decisions, Frederic F. Brace Jr., James A. Park
The Michigan Supreme Court - An Analysis Of Recent Decisions, Frederic F. Brace Jr., James A. Park
Michigan Law Review
It is the purpose of this comment to attempt to determine and evaluate just what the court's role has been. Attention will be directed to selected areas of non-statutory and statutory law, with specific emphasis placed upon the areas of contributory negligence and workmen's compensation.
Negligence - Last Clear Chance - Evidence Insufficient As A Matter Of Law, Theodore G. Koerner
Negligence - Last Clear Chance - Evidence Insufficient As A Matter Of Law, Theodore G. Koerner
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, having fallen asleep at night at the side of a narrow dirt road, was run over by defendant's automobile. He alleged that defendant was negligent in operating a vehicle at an excessive speed without proper lights. Defendant pleaded that plaintiff was contributorily negligent by being asleep in the road, and plaintiff then replied that defendant had the last clear chance to avoid the injury. On appeal from a judgment of involuntary nonsuit, held, affirmed, three justices dissenting. The plaintiff, by falling asleep at the side or in the middle of the road, was contributorily negligent as a matter …
Negligence - Duty Of Care - Liability Of Owner Of Place Of Amusement For Injury To Spectator Caused By Act Of Third Person, Harry D. Krause
Negligence - Duty Of Care - Liability Of Owner Of Place Of Amusement For Injury To Spectator Caused By Act Of Third Person, Harry D. Krause
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a spectator at a public wrestling match, sustained injuries when another spectator threw a filled Coca-Cola bottle into the crowd. A disturbance had been in progress for several minutes. The guards hired by defendant, the owner of the establishment, had made no effort to stop it. The bottle was grabbed from the tray of a drink vendor who had been instructed to retain all bottles and to serve drinks in paper cups only. The trial court granted a nonsuit. On appeal, held, reversed. The evidence of the owner's negligence in not protecting the spectator from this injury sufficed …
Garibaldi V. Borchers Bros. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Garibaldi V. Borchers Bros. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A trial court did not err in giving an instruction on continuing negligence in conjunction with an instruction on last clear chance, and an instruction on a truck driver's right to assume that a minor would exercise the care of a child his age.
Contributory Negligence--Instructions, L. L. P.
Contributory Negligence--Instructions, L. L. P.
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Negligence - Breach Of Duty - Assured Clear Distance Ahead Doctrine, Herbert A. Bernhard
Negligence - Breach Of Duty - Assured Clear Distance Ahead Doctrine, Herbert A. Bernhard
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, while driving an automobile through a tunnel, collided with defendant's truck, which was stopped without lights. The Pennsylvania Vehicle Code requires an operator to drive at such a speed as will enable him to stop within the "assured clear distance ahead." Plaintiff alleged he was temporarily blinded by the sudden change from bright sunlight to the darkness of the tunnel. The jury found for plaintiff, but defendant's motion for judgment n. o. v. was granted. On appeal, held, affirmed, one justice dissenting. Plaintiff's failure to stop his automobile within the assured clear distance ahead constituted contributory negligence as …
Torts -- 1956 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Torts -- 1956 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Vanderbilt Law Review
This year, as in the past several years, there were approximately forty Torts cases. A much smaller number of the cases, however, involved automobile accidents. This is hardly competent evidence that there were fewer accidents, but may perhaps indicate that negligence law is becoming somewhat clearer so that fewer appeals to the higher courts are considered warranted.
Sales - Contributory Negligence - Use As A Defense In Action For Breach Of Implied Warranty, Thomas S. Erickson
Sales - Contributory Negligence - Use As A Defense In Action For Breach Of Implied Warranty, Thomas S. Erickson
Michigan Law Review
Defendant installed an oil burner in plaintiff's apartment building. The burner failed to function properly and exploded two months after installation. There was no evidence that the furnace was repaired subsequent to the explosion. Plaintiff continued to use the furnace for four years until a second explosion caused considerable damage to the building. Upon inspection, the cause of the explosions was found to be a defective system of heating and piping the oil. Plaintiff brought this action for breach of implied warranty to install the furnace in a good and workmanlike manner and recovered consequential damages. On appeal, held, …
Contributory Negligence - Duty Of Pedestrian To Look While Crossing Intersection With Light, Harvey A. Howard S.Ed.
Contributory Negligence - Duty Of Pedestrian To Look While Crossing Intersection With Light, Harvey A. Howard S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The plaintiff was crossing a busy intersection in reliance on a green traffic light in his favor when he was struck by defendant's automobile. Testifying in his own behalf, plaintiff said that he waited until the light changed to green and traffic on both sides stopped before proceeding to cross the street. He further stated that he was hit just before reaching the other side of the street. He did not see defendant's automobile before it struck him. At the conclusion of this testimony defendant moved for a directed verdict on the ground that plaintiff had failed to show freedom …
M & M Livestock Transport Co. V. California Auto Transport Co., Jesse W. Carter
M & M Livestock Transport Co. V. California Auto Transport Co., Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A truck passing another truck was not contributorily negligent in a collision with a truck coming from the opposite direction where the evidence showed that the other truck was going too fast and was out of control.
Torts -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Torts -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Vanderbilt Law Review
There were over forty appellate decisions during the past year in the field of Torts. All but about half a dozen of these involved Negligence, and half of the Negligence cases involved traffic accidents. A reading of this latter group is well calculated to induce an automobile driver to use more care in the future.
In the great majority of Negligence cases the defendant owes the plaintiff a duty to use care. As Judge Howard expressed it in Monday v. Millsaps: "Whenever one person is by circumstances placed in such a position with regard to another that it is obvious …
Negligence-Duty Of Care-Pedestrian Crossing Between Cars Of A Train, Joseph M. Kortenhof
Negligence-Duty Of Care-Pedestrian Crossing Between Cars Of A Train, Joseph M. Kortenhof
Michigan Law Review
While attempting passage between cars of a train which was obstructing a public crossing in violation of a statutory time limit, plaintiff was severely injured when the train was set into motion without warning. Plaintiff testified that he did not see the engine of the train since it was at the end of a long string of cars. The trial court excluded plaintiff's evidence that for thirty years it has been the custom of the town's inhabitants to cross between the cars of a train which was blocking a public crossing. Upon completion of plaintiff's case, the trial court sustained …
Torts-Breach Of Duty-Right To Recover For Prenatal Injuries, Patrick J. Ledwidge S.Ed.
Torts-Breach Of Duty-Right To Recover For Prenatal Injuries, Patrick J. Ledwidge S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, as administrator, brought an action to recover for the death and conscious suffering of plaintiff's intestate, allegedly injured, while a viable child within her mother's womb, by the tortious act of the defendant. Defendant's demurrer to the declaration was sustained. On appeal, held, affirmed. Neither the infant nor its personal representative has a cause of action for prenatal personal injuries. Bliss v. Passanesi, (Mass. 1950) 95 N.E. (2d) 206.
Torts-Malpractice-Duty Of Drugless Healer To Refrain From Or Discontinue Treatment, Morton L. Simons
Torts-Malpractice-Duty Of Drugless Healer To Refrain From Or Discontinue Treatment, Morton L. Simons
Michigan Law Review
Defendant, a drugless healer licensed under statute as a sanipractor, undertook to treat plaintiff for what both parties realized was diabetes. Defendant followed standard sanipractic procedure, prescribing diets and baths. The treatment was unsuccessful, and plaintiff's health deteriorated greatly. Apparently on the theory that a sanipractor incurs no liability if he follows the accepted methods of his school, the trial court, notwithstanding jury's verdict for plaintiff, rendered judgment for defendant. On appeal, held, reversed and remanded, with directions to enter judgment on the verdict Where a drugless healer knows or should know that his method of treatment is not …
The Burden Of Pleading Contributory Negligence In Kentucky, Gladney Harville
The Burden Of Pleading Contributory Negligence In Kentucky, Gladney Harville
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Negligence-Application Of The Rescue Doctrine Where Personal Property Is Involved, Thomas Hartwell
Negligence-Application Of The Rescue Doctrine Where Personal Property Is Involved, Thomas Hartwell
Michigan Law Review
The defendant's servant, while parking the defendant's automobile, negligently failed to secure the brakes. At defendant's request, plaintiff police officer attempted to enter the automobile after it had started to roll, hoping to avert any possible collision. In so doing, he slipped on a stone and was injured. Defendant demurred to plaintiff's complaint on the grounds that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent, as a matter of law, and that the rescue doctrine should not apply where that rescued from peril created by the defendant is not human life or the rescuer's own property. Held, the rescue doctrine was correctly …
Torts-Imputed Negligence In Michigan, Joseph N. Morency, Jr.
Torts-Imputed Negligence In Michigan, Joseph N. Morency, Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Husband was driving his wife and another passenger from work when, due to a combination of the negligence of the husband and that of the defendant, a collision occurred resulting in the death of the wife. Plaintiff as administrator of the wife brought an action under the Death Act against the defendant to recover damages for the minor children of the deceased to the support of whom the deceased had contributed. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant on the ground that the contributory negligence of the husband as driver was imputed to the wife as …
Proximate Cause--Contributory Negligence--The Last Clear Chance Doctrine--Chesapeake And Ohio Railway Company V. Poe, Anne F. Noyes
Proximate Cause--Contributory Negligence--The Last Clear Chance Doctrine--Chesapeake And Ohio Railway Company V. Poe, Anne F. Noyes
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Degree Of Care Owed By A Motorist To Children On The Highway - Contributory Negligence - Bozman V. State, Use Of Cronhardt
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
Death By Wrongful Act - Effect Of Recovery By Plaintiff's Intestate, Jerome J. Dick
Death By Wrongful Act - Effect Of Recovery By Plaintiff's Intestate, Jerome J. Dick
Michigan Law Review
The decedent recovered from defendant a judgment for personal injuries which was satisfied during deceased's lifetime. Six months later the deceased's death was caused by these same injuries. This action was brought by plaintiff as next of kin to recover damages for the wrongful death under the New York Wrongful Death Act. Held, the judgment recovered by plaintiff's intestate is a bar to this action notwithstanding the enactment of survival statutes which sweep away the rule that an action for personal injuries abates on the death of the injured party or wrongdoer. Fontheim v. Third Avenue Ry., 257 …
Torts--Contributory Negligence Of Passenger In Automobile, Richard Bush Jr.
Torts--Contributory Negligence Of Passenger In Automobile, Richard Bush Jr.
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Negligence - Proximate Cause - Intervening Act Of A Child, Stanton J. Schuman
Negligence - Proximate Cause - Intervening Act Of A Child, Stanton J. Schuman
Michigan Law Review
Defendant's truck was overloaded with unslaked lime and a piece which fell off was picked up by the child plaintiff, who put the lime in a bucket of damp earth which he was carrying. In the resulting explosion plaintiff lost one eye and injured the other. Held, the intervening act of a person over whom the defendant had no control broke the chain of causation. Leoni v. Reinhard, 327 Pa. 391, 194 A. 490 (1937).
Torts - Liability Of Landlord To Tenant For Disrepair, Michigan Law Review
Torts - Liability Of Landlord To Tenant For Disrepair, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A landlord made an oral, month-to-month lease of premises to one Harris, who occupied the premises as a beauty shop in which he employed his wife. Both at the time of the letting and subsequently, an agent of the landlord agreed to repair a defective cellar stairway, but failed to do so. The lessee's wife was injured by the collapse of the stairway; thereupon, the tenant and his wife sued the landlord. A verdict was directed against the tenant and judgment non obstante veredicto was entered against the wife. The wife appealed. Held, even assuming the wife not contributorily …