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Professional Negligence Of Architects And Engineers, George M. Bell
Professional Negligence Of Architects And Engineers, George M. Bell
Vanderbilt Law Review
Our courts have erected a protective legal structure around architects and engineers which has been sufficient, at least in the past, to shelter members of those two professions from any extensive liability for their misconduct. However, it would seem that this legal structure was erected on an unfirm foundation and cracks are appearing in the walls so that occasionally architects and engineers have been held legally responsible for their errors. Such responsibility has in general been confined to a liability to the person hiring the professional service. As yet there has been no case which has ruled the architect or …
Professional Negligence -- Some General Comments, William J. Curran
Professional Negligence -- Some General Comments, William J. Curran
Vanderbilt Law Review
An examination of the tort liability of professional people necessarily involves two areas: (a) an examination of fact situations peculiar to the activities of the various professions, and (b) an analysis of the theoretical basis for professional liability as distinguished, if at all, from any other form of tort liability. In the articles to follow in this symposium, there is a concentration on a particular professional group in addressing each of these questions. In this introductory comment, therefore, an effort will be made to examine some of the general principles of professional liability which may be applicable in many areas.
Tort Liability Of Teachers, Paul O. Proehl
Tort Liability Of Teachers, Paul O. Proehl
Vanderbilt Law Review
The tort liability of teacher qua teacher encompasses a rather narrow ambit and is largely restricted to cases in which it is alleged that the right of the teacher to enforce discipline has been abused and that the teacher is therefore liable in damages for the commission of an intentional tort. The question in such a case is whether the teacher has exceeded, or acted outside the scope of, his privilege.A particular common law concept was developed very early here defining the privilege as one deriving from the fact that the teacher stood in loco parentis,' and the privilege still …