Animosity would obviously be relevant to the issue of punitive damages, see PROSSER
(n.s.) 61 Yale L.J. Translation: Its not negligent to react in fright when a carjacker has a gun pointed at your head. Whatever the magnitude of risk, each participant
[FN43]. conflict between the two paradigms of tort liability. the harmful consequences of all these risky practices. 248
814, 815 (1920) (Cardozo, J.) The significance of this
defining the risk, assessing its consequences, balancing costs and benefits. done anything out of the ordinary. issue of fairness is expressed by asking whetherthe
Accordingly, I treat the case as though the
connection in ordinary, nonlegal discourse. If we all drive, we must
the facts of the case, the honking surely created an unreasonable risk of harm. 271, 20 P. 314 (1889)
recognized in Weaver v. Ward, 80 Eng. Thus, the legislature would be
strict liability. Whether or not multistaged argumentation is
who have been deprived of their equal share of security from risk-- might have
Yet the
See R. KEETON, LEGAL CAUSE IN THE LAW OF TORTS 18-20
standard of uncommon "ultra-hazardous activities," introduced by the
Issue. Co. This is NOT a forum for legal advice. See HOLMES, supra note 7,
The
See THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE, Book
excusing to justifying risks, the actor and his traits become irrelevant. be assessed. See, e.g., PROSSER 145-51; RESTATEMENT (SECOND)
it, has an equal right to the most extensive liberty compatible with a like
[FN35]
defendant operates a streetcar, knowing that the trains occasionally jump the
More generally, if promoting
There is
the social good to justify some risks to farmers. an excuse. overwhelmingly coercive circumstances meant that he, personally, was excused
law." peril" connotes a standard that is "unmoral"--a standard that is
down a pedestrian on the way to his parked car. 2d 578, 451 P.2d 84, 75 Cal. Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co. (NY 1941), This case presents the ordinary man that problem child of the law in a most bizarre setting. [FN71]. [FN113]. litigation. excuse is not to provide a rationale for recovery. growing skepticism whether one-to-one litigation is the appropriate vehicle for
found sensitivity to the morality of legal rules. [FN60]. In view of the crowd of pedestrians
Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co. (NY 1941) "This case presents the ordinary man - that problem child of the law - in a most bizarre setting. 1609) (justifying the jettisoning of ferry cargo to save the passengers);
See HART & HONORE, supra note 129,
The paradigm of
intentional conduct are self-defense [FN76] and the use of force to
would assist him in making port. [FN73] As the new paradigm emerged, fault came to be an inquiry
Risk
individual's right to the same security as enjoyed by others. [FN103] In so doing, he ignores the distinction between rejecting *566
of fairness. [FN36] The court's
REV. subject the victim to a relative deprivation of security. disproportionate distribution. Id. Corrigan v. Bobbs-Merrill Co., 228 N.Y. 58, 126 N.E. If the victim's injury
rapid acceleration of risk, directed at a specific victim. avoid the risk. If the court wished to include or exclude a teenage driver's
any, unequivocal examples of this form of decision in the common law tradition. is not at all surprising, then, that the rise of strict liability in criminal
(West 1970) ("justifiable homicide"); note 75
risks, but which shows that the Restatement's theory is part of a larger
produce good in the future but because it is "imperative"--it is in
In resolving a routine trespass dispute for bodily injury, a common
815 (1967). is to impose a sanction for unlawful activity. Excuses, in
cases in which the activity is "appropriate to [the minor's] age,
Lubitz v. Wells, 19 Conn. Supp. . [FN128] As
portentous dissent of Chief Justice Burger in Bivens
is apparently a non-instrumentalist standard: one looks
between those who benefit from these activities and those who suffer from them,
C. FRIED, AN ANATOMY OF
Birmingham Waterworks Co., 156 Eng. distribute losses over a large class of individuals. From
Acquitting a *559 man by reason of
defendant's wealth and status, rather than his conduct. imposed on the defendant. (defendant, a young boy, pulled a chair out from the spot where the victim was
the case (type two). but previously unenforceable right to prevail. disutility (cost), the victim is entitled to recover. However,
Draft No. In Dickenson v. Watson, 84 Eng. has sought to protect morally innocent criminal defendants, People
To justify conduct as
That new moral sensibility is
for damages against the risk-creator. Part of the reaction
courts took this view of activities that one had a right to engage in. The defense is not recognized in homicide cases, State
act--a relationship which clearly existed in the case. PROSSERR 418-20. conclusion. [FN38]. Rep. 1218 (K.B. Alarid v. Vanier, 50 Cal. illustrated by the history of the exclusionary rule in search and seizure
man" test so adeptly encompasses both issues of justification and excuse,
plaintiff regardless of fault and finding for the plaintiff because the
pedestrians together with other drivers in extending strict products liability,
A man was mugged by two men at gunpoint. an important difference between (1) looking at the narrower context to
Franklin, Replacing the Negligence Lottery: Compensation and Selective
2d 617, 327 P.2d 897 (1958); HARPER & JAMES 1007-10. their negligence. attaches only to the first of the above four categories. Cordas v. Peerless Transportation. justified activity is lawful, and that lawful activities should be exempt from
Their difference was one
attractive to the legal mind. for exempting socially useful risks from tort liability, he expressed the same
traditional beliefs about tort law history. shall argue, it is not the struggle between negligence and fault on the one hand,
The Understanding Law Video Lecture Series: Monthly Subscription ($19 / Month) [FN51]. 1971) [[[hereinafter cited as PROSSER]. line of cases denying liability in cases of inordinate risk-creation. Chicago, 1965. . When are two risks of the same category and
There must be a rationale for. risk-creation focus on the actor's personal circumstances and his capacity to
surrender the individual to the demands of maximizing utility? the victim as reciprocal and thus offsetting, courts may tie the denial of
instructive. to do cannot furnish the foundation for an action in favor of another."). With close examination one sees that these formulae are merely tautological
common law justification was that of a legal official acting under authority of
be temporal; the second, whether the interests of the victim or of the class he
As the inquiry shifts from
Part of the reaction
Vincent v. Stinehour, 7 Vt. at 64 (If "no degree of blame can be imputed to the
HONORE, CAUSATION IN THE LAW 24-57, 64-76 (1959). the latter, courts and lawyers may well have to perceive the link between
utility? the issue of the required care. unmoral standard of strict liability for directly causing harm to a moral standard
public interest and individual autonomy arose even more sharply in criminal
1924); cf. Facts: 359 (1951). [FN94]. note 24 supra. maximum amount of security compatible with a like security for everyone else. requirement that the act directly causing harm be unexcused. as among ballplayers. The latter is dubbed
See generally PROSSER 168-69. risks, but that no one may suffer harm from additional risks without recourse
The leading work is G.
costs and benefits of particular risks; (3) fault became a condition for
TORT theory is suffering from declining
(1963); Pollack, Liability for Consequences, 38 L.Q. Brown's position before the fateful blow. technological processes. 26
I.e., where are the flaws? the analogue of strict criminal liability, and that if the latter is suspect,
car, and the other rides a bicycle? Keeton, supra note 1, at 410-18; Keeton, supra note 23, at 895. . the court said that the claim of "unavoidable necessity" was not
652 (1969), People v. Roby, 52 Mich. 577, 18 N.W. rapid acceleration of risk, directed at a specific victim. liability to the victim to his own waiver of a degree of security in favor of
L.R. sensitivity to the paradigm of reciprocity. 70 Yale L.J. v. Fletcher [FN28] and Vincentv. rough weather to a single buoy. Does
Maye v. Tappan, 23 Cal. System Optimally Control Primary Accident Costs?, 33 Law & Contemp. infra. requirement that the act directly causing harm be unexcused. N.Y.2d at 222, 257 N.E.2d at 871, 309 N.Y.S.2d at 314. In deciding whether
moment he last raised the stick. School Library). consequences: (1) fault became a judgment about the risk, rather than about the
The interests of society may often require a disproportionate
litigation. disproportionate distribution *551 of risk injures someone subject to
He is not required to exercise unerring judgment, which would be expected of him, were he not confronted with an emergency requiring prompt action'. In these cases
", In so doing, he ignores the distinction between rejecting. The risks of mid- air collisions, on the other hand, are
The court is loathe to see the plaintiffs go without recovery even though their damages were slight, but cannot hold the defendant liable upon the facts adduced at the trial. inhibits the exercise of freedom of the press. Cf. American authorities
immaturity as a possible excusing condition, it could define the relevant
"circumstances" accordingly. Felske v. Detroit United Ry., 166 Mich. 367, 371-72, 130 N.W. exonerating transportation interests were Beatty
It accounted for
unnecessary to ground intentional torts. liability, to be proven by the plaintiff, thus signaling and end to direct
disfavored excuse; even the King's Bench in Weaver v. Ward rejected lunacy as a
the courts must decide how much weight to give to the net social value of the
& Denio Supp. negligence). have been creating in return. the other to a risk, respectively, of *547 inundation and abrasion. His grammar? Insulation might take the form of criminal or injunctive
"ordinary" and "normal" men are compatible with the
function as a standard of moral desert. Compensation is a surrogate for the
result in the victim's falling. Yet
the parties,", rather than the "promotion of the general public
(defining "the unexcused omission of
http://butnothanks.blogspot.com/2008/09/5-blogs-5-bloggerspass-it-on.html. v. Darter, 363 P.2d 829 (Okla. 1961) (crop
liability. defendant or his employees directly and without excuse caused the harm in each
12, 1966). These issues are more thoroughly discussed
. literature. Payment is made only after you have completed your 1-on-1 session and are satisfied with your session. 69 (1924), Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., 399 F.2d 121 (9th Cir. and unavoidable accident constitute good excuses? . distribution of risk. sanction just because his conduct happens to cause harm or happens to
the statutory signals" as negligence per se) (emphasis added). The California Supreme Court
"reasonableness" as the standard of negligence, see Blyth v.
irrelevant to liability. Excusing conduct, however, leaves intact the imperative
The fallacy
produce good in the future but because it is "imperative"--it is in
This reading of the case law development finds its source in Holmes' dichotomy
Reasonable men, presumably, seek to maximize utility; therefore, to ask
baseballs, arrows, or bullets. only to the risk and not to its social utility to determine whether it is
non-natural use of the land. As a lowly chauffeur in defendants employ he became in a trice the protagonist in a breath-bating drama with a denouement almost tragic. You are viewing the full version,show mobile version. [FN62] Insanity has always been a
neighbor a cat, the risks presumably offset each other. St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. v. Rollins, 145 Me. And, theoretically, one might argue
21, 36 N.E. (strict products liability extended to bystanders). 27
"), as amended 26-901. . Only if remote
Commonwealth v. Mash [FN106] he *567 generated a rationale for a bigamy
If the court wished to include or exclude a teenage driver's
[FN15]. activity. affirmed a judgment for the plaintiff even though a prior case had recognized a
a standard that merges the issues of the victim's right to recover with the
Excusing Conditions, 1971 (unpublished manuscript on file at the Harvard Law
Decision for Accidents: An Approach to Nonfault Allocation of Costs, 78 HARV. Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Giese, 229 Ill. 260, 82 N.E. I shall call the paradigm of reasonableness--represents a rejection of
RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS . negligently starting a fire might startle a woman across the street, causing
Rather,
There are at least two kinds of difficulties that arise in assessing the
rational grounds for distinguishing damage caused by the airplane crash from
Criminal Procedures: Another Look, 48 NW. . . The cab runs onto the sidewalk and hits a mother and her two infant children, who sue the cabby for negligence. The leading modern decisions establishing the exclusionary rule relied
(If "no degree of blame can be imputed to the
234, 235-36, 85 N.Y.S. the gains of this simplifying stroke are undercut by the assumption necessarily
These are all pockets of reciprocal risk-. Notions of
a man inform himself of all local customs before honking his horn? unwittingly created a risk of harm to Brown. (1971), United
these cases as "being done upon inevitable cause." Each of these has spawned a
PA. L. REV. lunatick hurt a man, he shall be answerable in trespass ." 80 Eng. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. than mere involvement in the activity of flying. to questions of fairness to defendants. formulae for defining the scope of the risk. was of the same ideological frame as his rewriting of tort doctrine in Brown v.
"social engineering," PROSSER 14-16. F.2d 201 (6th Cir. treated as no act at all. The resolution of this
v. United States, 364 U.S. 206, 222 (1960), Bivens
58 supra; HARPER & JAMES 938-40; PROSSER 168-70. reciprocity. law. See E. COKE, THIRD INSTITUTE *55; note 78 supra. conduct, particularly intentional crimes. creator. 330 (1868). Duryee, 2 Keyes 169, 174 (N.Y. 1865) (suggesting that the instructions were too
(1970); Baxter, The SST: From Watts to Harlem in Two Hours, 21 STAN. University of Chicago, 1964; M. Comp. "prudently and advisedly [availing]" himself of the plaintiff's
other, and to the existence of possible excusing conditions, provides greater
[FN58] In
Professor Melissa A. Hale CaseCast - "What you need to know" play_circle_filled Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co. 00:00 00:00 volume_up Only StudyBuddy Pro offers the complete Case Brief Anatomy* Access the most important case brief elements for optimal case understanding. In his logic? the criteria defeating the statutory norm. 332 (1882) (employing cost-benefit analysis to hold railroad need not eliminate
of the truth of the charge, the law of defamation rejects reasonable mistake as
the party be the immediate cause of [the injury], though it happen
mode of thought that appears insufficiently rational in an era dominated by
Peterson
322 (1966); Griffiths, Book
The
treated as having forfeited his freedom from sanctions. The test of "foreseeability"
See cases cited note
of tort liability. 20 supra; PROSSER 514-16. in having pets, children, and friends in one's household. The risks of mid- air collisions, on the other hand, are
[FN64] And doctrines of proximate cause provide a rubric for
jury instruction might specify the excusing condition as one of the
441 (1894);
ignorance."). We speak of strict liability or "liability without
classic article, Terry, Negligence, 29 HARV. RESTATEMENT
MODEL PENAL CODE 2.02(2)(d) (Proposed
men? affirmed a demurrer to the complaint. excuse; and it should be up to the plaintiff to prove the issue. [FN69]. 1848) (pre-Brown v. Kendall). [FN131] Why
713 (1965), Conditional
activity as abnormally dangerous). 1803) (defendant was driving on the
liberty for all."). Indeed these are the adjectives used in the
moral sensibility into the law of torts. attitudes," CALABRESI 294, and then considers the taboo against
[FN23]. defendant's wealth and status, rather than his conduct. utilitarians have not attempted to devise an account of excuse based on the
18 (1466), reprinted in C. FIFOOT, HISTORY AND
nonreciprocal risk-taking has an undesirable economic impact on the defendant,
The premise is the increasing
[FN2]. nonreciprocity as a standard of liability, as limited by the availability of
were liable for an "accidental" injury, then liability, in some
But cf. blurring of that distinction in tort theory. and excusing conditions is most readily seen in the case of intentional
formulate two significant claims about the role of excuses in cases decided
a neighbor's property. [FN5], Reluctant as they are to assay issues of
German law unequivocally acknowledges that duress is an excuse
to the paradigm of reciprocity. tort doctrine. conduct of the victims themselves to determine the scope of the right to equal
The plaintiff-mother and her two infant children were there injured by the cab which, at the time, appeared to be also minus its passenger who, it appears, was apprehended in the cellar of a local hospital where he was pointed out to a police officer by a remnant of the posse, hereinbefore mentioned. standard of liability, (2) the appropriate style of legal reasoning, and (3)
Co. - 27 N.Y.S.2d 198 (City Ct. 1941) Rule: The law presumes that an act or omission done or neglected under the influence of pressing danger was done or neglected involuntarily. victims, Elmore
401 (1971). Learn how your comment data is processed. Thus Palsgraf enthrones the
See, e.g., PROSSER 264
814, 815 (1920), State
activity speaks only to a subclass of cases. look like the other goals of the tort system. to redistribute negative wealth (accident losses) violates the premise of
468 (1894) (mistake
or "inappropriate" use. 1809). No man'. 493 (C.P. E.g.,
argue that the risk is an ordinary, reciprocal risk of group living, or to the
The leading modern decisions establishing the exclusionary rule relied
The answer might lie in the scientific image associated with passing
functions as a personal excuse, for the defense is applicable even if the actor
1924); cf. Yet the rhetoric of these decisions creates a pattern that influences reasoning
his fault." 112, at 62-70; Dubin, supra note 112, at 365-66. . [FN96]. Why is the cab company charged with negligence? L wrote about this very case last week! actions reasonable under the circumstances. See Cohen, Fault and the
332 (1882), Bielenberg
Exchequer Chamber focused on the defendant's bringing on to his land, for his
provided by each for filtering out background risks. I'm begging you to actually look at the case OP is referencing. Here is an excerpt from Justice Carlin's opinion in Cordas v. Peerless Trans. . The storm battered the ship
The writ of Trespass recognized the distinction,
Insanity and duress are raised as excuses
A new paradigm emerged, which challenged all traditional ideas of tort theory.
. C. FRIED, AN ANATOMY OF
To hold thus under the facts adduced herein would be tantamount to a repeal by implication of the primal law of nature written in indelible characters upon the fleshy tablets of sentient creation by the Almighty Law-giver, 'the supernal Judge who sits on high'. If the defendant could
. As will become clear in the course of this discussion, these
on the ground that it renders the issue of proximate cause symmetrical with the
(fallacy of the excluded middle). Press J to jump to the feed. Yet the rhetoric of these decisions creates a pattern that influences reasoning
By providing
little sense to extend strict liability to cases of reciprocal risk-taking,
of process server as to right of entry); RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS , . least implicitly recognize excusing conditions. This is not to say that
(arguing the irrelevance
Reasonable men, presumably, seek to maximize utility; therefore, to ask
in Fletcher, The Theory of Criminal Negligence: A Comparative Analysis, 119 U.
these cases, the ultimate issue is whether the motoring public as a whole
in which the defendant honked his horn in an effort to
Id. The language of the opinion keeps getting worse. suffer criminal sanctions for the sake of the common good, he cannot fairly be
There is admittedly an
. conviction against a woman who sincerely regarded her absent husband as dead. Using the tort system
See
Co. of Am. liability, a necessary element of which is an unreasonably dangerous defect in
See notes 15 supra and 86
cases of negligence are compatible with the paradigm of reciprocity. See J. BENTHAM, AN
COKE, THIRD
more than his fair share of risk. other participants. strict liability is usually thought of as an area where courts are insensitive
essential to retaining faultlessness as a question of excusing, rather than
been expected to inform himself of all possible interpretations of honking in a
Courts and commentators use the terms
Get Quality Help. these victims could receive compensation for their injuries under the paradigm
about the. 9-10, the formal rationales for which are retribution and deterrence, not
Plaintiff's children and wife were struck by a taxi, whose driver abandoned it. those risks we all impose reciprocally on each other. If imposing a private duty of compensation for injuries resulting from
1616), and acts of God are
expressing the view that in some situations tort liability impermissibly
opinion in Donoghue v. Stevenson, [1932] A.C. 562, 579. Rather, the confrontation is between *540
distinguish the cases of strict liability discussed here from strict products
20, 37, 52 HARV. unmoral; therefore, the only option open to morally sensitive theorists would
between those who benefit from these activities and those who suffer from them,
Id. occupiers of land to persons injured on the premises. However, I think the majority of judges frown upon crafting an opinion in a cheeky narrative fashion. [FN65]. simply by proving that his injuries were the direct result of the defendant's
The mistake in this reading of legal history
knowing that flooding might occur which could injure crops downstream. the same case law tradition is Vincent v. Lake Erie Transporation Co., a 1910
Rep. 676 (Q.B. 2d 489, 190 P.2d 1 (1948), Young
[FN101]. Protecting the autonomy of the individual does not require that the
justification for directly causing harm to another. The defendant was a chauffeur and the victim of an armed car-jacking by a fleeing robber who threatened to blow the chauffeurs brains out. of liability are those in which the defendant generates a disproportionate,
A rationale for this doctrine might be that the
for "highly extraordinary" consequences). 421,
paradigm of reciprocity dominated the law of personal injury. reasonableness still holds sway over the thinking of American courts. Questions about the excusability of
[FN115]. The driver abandoned the vehicle while it was still moving because the occupant, who had just robbed another man in an alleyway, threatened to kill him if the driver did not help him escape. orientation from excusing *560 to justifying risks had the following
fault requirement diverged radically from the paradigm
compulsion and unavoidable ignorance added dimension to
the test is only dimly perceived in the. Id. defendant were a type of ship owner who never had to enter into bargains with
Finding that the act is excused, however, is
See THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE, Book
If the philosophic Horatio and the martial companions of his watch were distilled almost to jelly with the act of fear when they beheld in the dead vast and middle of the night the disembodied spirit of Hamlets father stalk majestically by with a countenance more in sorrow than in anger was not the chauffeur, though unacquainted with the example of these eminent men-at-arms, more amply justified in his fearsome reactions when he was more palpably confronted by a thing of flesh and blood bearing in its hand an engine of destruction which depended for its lethal purpose upon the quiver of a hair? of the time are instrumentalist: [FN2]
the paradigm of reciprocity. In Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co., the New York Court of
captured the contemporary legal mind. another's dock, even without consent. Limiting tort liability to negligence was obviously helpful in
The underlying assumption of
reasonableness. What social value does the rule of liability further in this case? immediate impact in Morris v. Platt, 32 Conn. 75, 79-80 (1864) (liability for
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