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Torts -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Torts -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, John W. Wade
Vanderbilt Law Review
The number of torts cases was somewhat less this year than in past years, being below the forty figure rather than above it. There were no particularly significant legal developments in the field. Perhaps the cases indicate, however, a developing fashion in automobile negligence actions. At least four of the cases seem to have been brought for whiplash injuries.'
Agency--1958 Tennessee Survey, Edward R. Hayes
Agency--1958 Tennessee Survey, Edward R. Hayes
Vanderbilt Law Review
Establishing that Tortfeasor is a Servant of Defendant: Negligent operation of motor vehicles probably is the most prolific source of tort liability today. Within this area an important cause of litigation has been negligent operation by someone other than the owner of the vehicle. The initial common law approach to such cases was to hold the owner responsible if he himself were negligent, as by entrusting his car to a known incompetent driver, or if the negligent driver were the owner's servant acting within the course and scope of his employment.'
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In Smith v. Phillips a pick-up truck, registered …