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Government Accountability, James Barclay Smith

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Torts - Malpractice - Medicolegal Relations - Expert Testimony, Francis R. O'Hara

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Master And Servant--Liability Of Master For Sanctioned Horseplay Of Servant, Dale Nathan

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Torts—Foreseeability Of Injury, Arnold Liberman

Buffalo Law Review

Williams v. New York, 308 N. Y. 548, 127 N. E. 2d 545 (1955).

Torts—Defense To Libel Action, Eileen Tomaka

Buffalo Law Review

Crane v. Telegram Corp., 308 N. Y. 470, 126 N. E. 2d 753 (1955).

Hospital Tort Liability, Aaron Jacobson

Cleveland State Law Review

Public Benefit Activities of a hospital, university or welfare agency have been looked upon with special favor by the law for many decades-a genuine kind of legalistic paternalism. They being institutions of beneficent motive, the policy of the judiciary has been to aid them through notable departures from the rules. Arguments to the contrary met a stone wall of "public policy." One such departure is exemplified in the immunity from liability for the tortious conduct of their employees that hospitals have enjoyed. Thus, a patient injured through negligence while in the care of a hospital often had no recourse, no …

Is The Attractive Nuisance Doctrine Outmoded, Robert M. Debevec

Cleveland State Law Review

The history of the "attractive nuisance" rule shows that it stemmed from the turntable cases because the courts felt that an owner of a contrivance of this nature was negligent in not keeping it locked when he realized that small children would play on it. From this shaky proposition of law was built the even shakier structure of the "attractive nuisance." There was no longer any question of the owner failing to repair a lock on a turntable, but the mere fact that the instrumentality or appliance was there became enough to find the owner liable towards trespassing children. The …

Torts—Flimsy Cover Over Hole Constitutes Negligence, Arnold Liberman

Buffalo Law Review

Mayer v. Temple Properties, 307 N. Y. 559, 122 N. E. 2d 909 (1954).

Torts—Obstruction Of Handrail Held To Be No Negligence, Arnold Liberman

Buffalo Law Review

Aucock v. Neisner Bros., 308 N. Y. 41, 123 N. E. 2d 630 (1954).

Torts—Duty Owing To Licensee, Arnold Liberman

Buffalo Law Review

Jesselson v. Moody, 309 N. Y. 148, 127 N. E. 2d 921 (1955).

Municipal Corporations - Statutory Liability For Mob Violence - Definition Of Correctional Power, Nathan B. Driggers

Michigan Law Review

On August 12, 1947 eight Negro families moved into a Chicago public housing development which was occupied largely by white families. On the evening of August 14, several thousand people, protesting the Negro intrusion, congregated in the area, blocking traffic and brandishing bats, bricks, and stones. A large number of policemen were on duty at the scene. The automobile of the plaintiff, a Negro, was intercepted at an intersection by the crowd which began throwing bricks at the occupants of the car. The plaintiff was struck by one missile and suffered severe physical injury. He brought suit against the city …

Torts - Master And Servant - Payment Of Social Security Tax As Evidence Of Relationship, Irving L. Halpern S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff's decedent was killed when his tractor-truck collided with an automobile driven by defendant's salesman. In an action to recover damages for the death of decedent, the trial court submitted to the jury, as evidence bf a master-servant relationship, the payment of social security taxes by the defendant on behalf of the salesman. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. On appeal, held, the record of social security payments by defendant on behalf of its salesman was properly submitted to the jury as evidence of a master-servant relationship. Peetz v. Mazek Auto Supply Co., (Neb. 1955) 70 N.W. (2d) …

Maritime Lien Priorities: Cross-Currents Of Theory, Roger G. Connor

Michigan Law Review

The purpose of this article is not to develop a synthesis, for no synthesis is possible, but to give an account of the general theories governing maritime lien priorities, together with a discussion of the concrete issues which arise in their application.

Torts And The Atom: The Problem Of Insurance, Charles M. Cable, William N. Early

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Should Tax Exemption Of Tort Recoveries Be Considered By The Jury?, Eugene C. Roemele

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Torts--Negligence--Wrongful Death Actions For Prenatal Injury, Jesse S. Hogg

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Torts--Libel--Fair Comment By A Newspaper When A Person Is Accused Of Crime, Robert A. Palmer

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Rationale Of Valuation Of Foreign Money Obligations, Charles Evan

Michigan Law Review

What then should a creditor of a foreign money obligation collect where there was a delay in payment? When are damages for depreciation of foreign money recoverable? As of what time and in what currency are they to be computed? How is the value of a foreign money obligation to be measured where no damages may be had? The answers to these and other incidental questions require a thorough analysis of certain features peculiar to the law of money.

It is the purpose of this article to clarify these problems, to sum up the primary principles by which they are …

Municipal Corporations - Tort Liability - Purchase Of Liability Insurance As Waiver Of Immunity, Alice Austin S.Ed., William C. Becker

Michigan Law Review

According to a well-established common law rule, a municipal corporation is immune to tort liability for wrongs committed in the performance of governmental or public functions, although it is liable for torts committed in the performance of corporate or proprietary functions. This immunity generally cannot be waived without the authorization of the state legislature, and this authorization must be very clearly stated. Interesting questions arise, therefore, when a municipality, with or without statutory authorization, takes out a liability insurance policy covering itself or its agents, or when it causes its agents to take out bonds for faithful performance. The questions …