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Drunk In The Serbonian Bog: Intoxicated Drivers' Deaths As Insurance Accidents, Douglas R. Richmond
Drunk In The Serbonian Bog: Intoxicated Drivers' Deaths As Insurance Accidents, Douglas R. Richmond
Seattle University Law Review
Part II of this Article briefly sketches the overall ethical framework under the ABA Model Rules and the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility, including the proscription on deceit and misrepresentation in Model Rule 8.4 and the ban on attorney contact with represented adverse parties in Model Rule 4.2. Part Ill describes the jurisdictions that have declined to create status-based exceptions to Model Rule 8.4, and the nationwide uproar created when the Oregon Supreme Court initially refused to permit undercover investigations involving any deception— including investigations by law enforcement personnel. That Part will also trace the subsequent adoption of a …
Cardozo Revisited: Liability To Third Parties; A Real Property Perspective, Robert Kratovil
Cardozo Revisited: Liability To Third Parties; A Real Property Perspective, Robert Kratovil
Seattle University Law Review
One of the most outstanding jurists of our time, Justice Benjamin Cardozo, articulated a principle spanning the "seamless web" of the law which, unfortunately, has been obscured by the attempts of courts, casebook writers, and law professors to pigeonhole the principle into familiar categories. Justice Cardozo established the principle that a person who undertakes a task is liable for injury to remote third parties, regardless of lack of privity, which arises from the person's negligent performance of the task. Cardozo also enunciated an exception to this rule which developed into a widely accepted opposing rule. This Article first traces the …