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The Questionable Status Of The Charitable Immunity, Robert M. Westberg
The Questionable Status Of The Charitable Immunity, Robert M. Westberg
Washington Law Review
Until 1953, charitable corporations in Washington enjoyed a limited immunity from tort liability. Until 1953, the extent of the immunity thus enjoyed was well enough defined so that the practitioner was assured that his predictions as to the outcome of future litigation would be reasonably accurate. However, two recent Washington cases dealing with the charitable immunity doctrine have effected the removal of much of the certainty from this area of the law, and thus prompt an analysis of the charitable immunity and its practical effect today.
The Federal Tort Claims Act: A Proposed Construction Of The Discretionary Function Exception, Cornelius J. Peck
The Federal Tort Claims Act: A Proposed Construction Of The Discretionary Function Exception, Cornelius J. Peck
Washington Law Review
The purpose of this article is a limited one. It contains no suggestions for a broad statutory scheme for distributing all the burdens and costs of government. Its purpose is to suggest no more than a workable and just construction for the discretionary function exception of the statute. For the greatest part, the suggestion is no more than what the legislative history of the exception suggests—that the courts take note of the special problems of determining the liability of the Government for torts and then proceed to decide the cases as they would have done if the exception were not …
Community Property, William H. Mays
Community Property, William H. Mays
Washington Law Review
Covers cases on tort liability and conflict of laws.
Damages, Gordon L. Walgren
Damages, Gordon L. Walgren
Washington Law Review
Covers cases on punitive damages—"willfulness" of tort feasor.
Torts, Betty B. Fletcher, Luzerne E. Hufford Jr., Lewis Guterson
Torts, Betty B. Fletcher, Luzerne E. Hufford Jr., Lewis Guterson
Washington Law Review
Covers cases on negligence—apportionment of damages between negligent and innocent acts of one defendant (Fletcher); negligence—agent's duty toward third persons (Hufford); and libel—misstatements to the general public concerning public officers (Guterson).