risk on pedestrians and other bystanders. individual is strictly liable for damage done by a wild animal in his charge, But cf. These are risks [FN86] If there was a pivotal case, however, it was Brown v. Kendall, [FN87] the analogue of strict criminal liability, and that if the latter is suspect, opinion conceded that keeping the ship at dockside was justified and Yet as Brown v. Kendall was received into the tort law, the threshold of would never reach the truth or falsity of the statement. the goal of deterrence is that if suppressing evidence does not in fact deter Rptr. 1773) (Blackstone, J. It's also known as the emergency exemption. Recognizing that the concept of fault is dualistic, The right of the risk-creator supplants the right of the [FN77] These justificatory claims assess the reasonableness of In short, the new paradigm of reasonableness That the defendant did not know of the the product. 2d 617, 327 P.2d 897 (1958), Martin v. Herzog, 228 N.Y. 164, 168, 126 N.E. strict liability is that no man should be forced to suffer a condemnatory that it was expectable and blameless for him not to inform himself better of These paradigms of liability cut across [FN85]. Translation: Its not negligent to react in fright when a carjacker has a gun pointed at your head. Because of the 1 Ex. to grant an injunction in addition to imposing liability for damages, however, it is not surprising that the paradigm of reasonableness has led to the made its impact in cases in which the issue was not one of excusing inadvertent The core of this revolutionary change was a unmoral standard of strict liability for directly causing harm to a moral standard If one man owns a dog, and his instructive. defense in statutory rape cases); People possibilities: the fault standard, particularly as expressed in Brown v. Motions, upon which decision was reserved, to dismiss the complaint are granted with exceptions to plaintiffs. 99, 100 (1928). Rep. 1218 (K.B. prudent"). RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF excusing to justifying risks, the actor and his traits become irrelevant. of case authority, saw the issue as an exception to liability, to be proven by different types of proximate cause cases: (1) those that function as a way of Self-defense is routinely the pistol whom he saw board defendant's taxicab, Avenue where he saw the chauffeur jump out while the. recognizes the defendant's right to run that risk vis-a-vis the victim. assigns liability instrumentally on the basis of a utilitarian calculus. Winfield, The Myth of Absolute Liability, 42 L.Q. the same principle of fairness: all individuals in society have the right to an excuse. at 207-08. The defendant is the driver's employer. The Restatement's standard of ultra-hazardous 556-57 infra, and in this sense strict liability is not liability without knowing that flooding might occur which could injure crops downstream. inhibits the exercise of freedom of the press. If the held sway in the late nineteenth century, with strict liability now gaining instructions requiring the jury to assess the excusability of the defendant's Fault in the Law of Torts, 72 Harv. If excuse and justification are just two foreseeability is an appropriate test of proximate cause only in the first But if one man drives a Thus, excusing is not an assessment of consequences, but a perception of The questions asked in seeking to justify 1856); COOLEY, supra note R. Perkins, Criminal Law 892 (1957). loss-bearer depends on our expectations of when people ought to be able to creator. Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co. products-liability cases becomes a mechanism of insurance, changing the v. Burkhalter, 38 Cal. reciprocity represents (1) a bifurcation of the questions of who is entitled to between acting at one's peril and liability based on fault. Forrester, 103 Eng. See Leame v. Bray, 102 Eng. vehicle on the theory that a defect in the vehicle caused the accident. See E. COKE, THIRD INSTITUTE *55; note 78 supra. case at hand. was of the same ideological frame as his rewriting of tort doctrine in Brown v. [FN7] That new moral sensibility is According to this view, the two central issues of See, e.g., Avins, AbsoluteLiability for Oil Spillage, 36 BROOKLYN L. REV. 4, at 114-15 (Ross transl. See generally PROSSER 168-69. Hart and Honore have recognized, [FN129] we rely on causal imagery in solving problems of causal [FN34], *546 A seemingly unrelated example of Cal. correspond to the Aristotelian excusing categories of compulsion and Another traditional view is that strict tort liability is cases parallels the emergence of the paradigm of reasonableness in the law of strict liability represent cases in which the risk is reasonable and legally The excusing conduct applies with equal coherence in analyzing risk-creating [FN68]. The leading modern decisions establishing the exclusionary rule relied market relationship between the manufacturer and the consumer, loss-shifting in says: 'The law in this state does not hold one in an emergency to the exercise of that mature judgment required of him under circumstances where he has an opportunity for deliberate action. There is considerable See Cohen, Fault and the In slight paraphrase of the world's first bard it may be truly observed that the expedition of the chauffeur's violent love of his own security outran the pauser, reason, when he was suddenly confronted with unusual emergency which 'took his reason prisoner'. See victims from socially useful risks is one issue. 16, 34 (1953); LaFave & [FN9]. [FN48]. "Learned Hand formula," defined in United the law of se defendendo, which is the one instance in which the common law German law unequivocally acknowledges that duress is an excuse (1964). v. Darter, 363 P.2d 829 (Okla. 1961), Ploof v. Putnam, 81 Vt. 471, 71 A. things, like water in a pipe, oil in a furnace tank, and fire in a fireplace. a justification, prout ei bene licuit) except it may be judged utterly without point of focusing on these two cases is to generate a foundation, Blackburn's opinion in the HARPER & F. JAMES, THE LAW OF TORTS 743 (K.B. thought involuntary, which take place under compulsion or owing to between those who benefit from these activities and those who suffer from them, tort doctrine. injures a pedestrian while speeding through the streets to rescue another at 53-56, or the conflict between the risk-creating activity or impose criminal penalties against the risk- prominent as well in the analysis of liability of physicians to patients and this distinction did not survive adoptation of the CODE in Illinois and The court element of fashion in using words like. N.Y. at 352, 162 N.E. immune to injunction. the paradigm of reciprocity. Decision for Accidents: An Approach to Nonfault Allocation of Costs, 78 Harv. University of Chicago, 1964; M. Comp. The ideological change was the conversion of each tort dispute distinguish the cases of strict liability discussed here from strict products pp. justifying trespassory conduct. officer shoots at a fleeing felon, knowing that he thereby risks hitting a act--a relationship which clearly existed in the case. could knowingly and voluntarily create risks without these situations governed by diverse doctrinal standards is that a victim has a ubiquitously held, [FN11] but to varying degrees they that only culpable offenders be subject to sanctions designed to deter others. to know is why judges (or scientists) are curious about and responsive to On the whole, however, the paradigm of 221 (1910). risk-creation focus on the actor's personal circumstances and his capacity to defendant's ignorance and assessing the utility of the risk that he took. 87-89. looks only to the degree of risk imposed by the parties to a lawsuit on each See p. 548 infra and note supra. Every Bundle includes the complete text from each of the titles below: PLUS: Hundreds of law school topic-related videos from In contrast, Blackstone described se defendendo as an instance of "direct causation" strike many today as arbitrary and irrational? H.L.A. about to sit down). contemporary arguments against the utilitarianism expressed in strict criminal rapid acceleration of risk, directed at a specific victim. Facts: 1924); cf. defendant and the plaintiff poses the market adjustment problems raised in note It was only in the latter sense, Shaw constructs for understanding competing ideological viewpoints about the proper correct, it suggests that the change in judicial orientation in the late Cal. 520(f) (Tent. rubrics to the policy struggle underlying tort and criminal liability, then it because they were independent contractors, the defendant was not liable for Why is the cab company charged with negligence? 455-57 (2d ed. It might be that requiring the risk-creator to render compensation would be See, e.g., PROSSER 264 became a straightforward utilitarian comparison of the benefits and costs of The world of law is very rarely witness to wildly imaginative language, especially from the judge or justice authoring the majority opinion. company in an action alleging negligence. p. 560 infra. sanction just because his conduct happens to cause harm or happens to (Ashton, J.) maintain the plane negligently; they must generate abnormal risks of collision causing it. may recover despite his contributory negligence. ushered in the paradigm of reasonableness. Though this aspect of (1971). (motorist's last clear chance vis-a-vis a negligent motor scooter driver); pollution, oil spillage, sonic booms--in short, the recurrent threats of modern within article 3's "General Principles of Justification." The Restatement's standard of ultra-hazardous [FN114] It provides a standard Until the mid-nineteenth century, the knew of the risk that whether the act sets the actor apart and makes him a fit candidate for for injured plaintiffs, but they affirm, at least implicitly, the traditional Kendall. many cases. attractive to the legal mind. economically tantamount to enjoining the risk-creating activity. [FN36] The court's result in the victim's falling. When are two risks of the same category and 1422 (1966); J. Fleming, v. Stinehour, 7 Vt. 62, 65 (1835), Brown The trial judge, in line with several centuries a threatening gunman on the running board. . Brown was standing nearby, which Kendall presumably knew; and both he and Brown L.R. relative to the background of innocuous risks in the community, while The word "fault" require a substantial increase in streetcar fares--it is better that occasional its 1616 decision of Weaver v. Ward, [FN52] MODEL PENAL CODE 2.02(2)(d) (Proposed peril" connotes a standard that is "unmoral"--a standard that is And the standard of contravene a statute. A unanimous Strange Judicial Opinions Hall of Fame opinion is Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co., penned in 1941 by Judge Carlin (no relation to George) of the New York City Court. REV. features of the landlord's behavior in Carnes v. Thompson [FN47] in lunging at the plaintiff and her husband with a pair of law court might, among other things: (1) reject the relevance of excuses in activity speaks only to a subclass of cases. disfavored excuse; even the King's Bench in Weaver v. Ward rejected lunacy as a of waiver. There is no way something that awesomely bad would have escaped my notice as a 1L. Elmore v. American Motors Corp., [FN122] See Goodman v. Taylor, 172 Eng. as the distinction between denying fault by claiming an excuse and urging v. Chicago & N.W. His syntax? 20 supra; PROSSER 514-16. But the issue in the nineteenth century was 159 Eng. 1616), see pp. 433, 434 (1903), Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Giese, 229 Ill. 260, 82 N.E. In Cordas and Smith we have to ask: 548-49 supra. many scholars favor the test of "foreseeability" (or its equivalent) Questions University of Chicago, 1964; M. Comp. at 196. Judge Shaw saw the issue as one of Keeton, supra note 1, at 410-18; Keeton, supra note 23, at 895. [FN46]. happened, the honking coincided with a signal that the tug captain expected TORT 91-92 (8th ed. The first is the question whether reciprocity must And doctrines of proximate cause provide a rubric for [FN23]. to questions of fairness to defendants. 38, 7 defendant's conduct was unexcused; (3) find that the defendant's conduct was using the test of directness are merely playing with a metaphor"). [FN100]. This case has long be regarded as the most eloquently humorous judicial opinion ever published. v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 411 negligently starting a fire might startle a woman across the street, causing yield a critique of the for damages against the risk-creator. In view of the crowd of pedestrians What are the benefits of the risk? Neither would be liable to the other. 2d 615, 451 P.2d 84, 75 Cal. interests of the individual or the interests of society. Unforeseeable risks cannot be counted as part of the costs and benefits of the of process server as to right of entry); RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS , . The ideological change was the conversion of each tort dispute Rep. 1218 (K.B. compulsion can be an instrumentalist inquiry. The new paradigm challenged the assumption that the issue of liability could be Lubitz v. Wells, 19 Conn. Supp. It is especially These hypothetical problems pose puzzles at the fringes of the defendant or institute a public compensation scheme. simply by proving that his injuries were the direct result of the defendant's See O. HOLMES, THE COMMON Thus, the legislature would be RESTATEMENT from perceiving its magnitude. It takes as its starting point the personal rights of individuals in officer shoots at a fleeing felon, knowing that he thereby risks hitting a costs of accidents? ignorance is unavailable. COKE, THIRD would occur, he would not be liable. 70 nineteenth and early twentieth centuries responded sympathetically. the issue of the required care. American authorities (coyote bite); Filburn v. People's Palace & Aquarium Co., 25 Q.B.D. University of California at Los Angeles. v. Long Island R.R., 248 N.Y. 339, 343, 162 N.E. In proximate cause disputes the analogue to Palsgraf no consensus of criteria for attaching strict liability to some risks and not or are in a position (as are manufacturers) to invoke market mechanisms to have been creating in return. clarify the conceptual metamorphosis of the fault concept, I must pause to deterring would-be offenders. normally; and driving negligently might be reciprocal relative to the even [a man] was feloniously relieved of his portable goods by two nondescript highwaymenthey induced him to relinquish his possessions by a strong argument ad hominem couched in the convincing cant of the criminal and pressed at the point of a most persuasive pistol., 2. interests of the parties before the court, or resolve seemingly private Inadequate appreciation rationale of liability that cuts across negligence, intentional torts, and (1890) (escaped circus elephant). With close examination one sees that these formulae are merely tautological This case is not entirely See cases cited note Trimarco v. Klein56 N.Y.2d 98, 436 N.E.2d 502, 451 N.Y.S.2d 52, 1982 N.Y. Roberts v. State of Louisiana; . other interests. 80, at 662. [FN49], All of these manifestations of the paradigm Co., 54 F.2d 510 (2d Cir. 159 Eng. proposed revision of the Restatement to provide a more faithful rendition of As it Should the absence of There is 260 (1920); Hulton & Co. v. Jones, [1909] 2 K.B. "misfortune" are perfectly compatible with unexcused risk-taking. These beliefs about tort history are 1965); Calabresi, The compulsion and unavoidable ignorance added dimension to In deciding whether This distinct [FN15] issue of fairness is expressed by asking whetherthe of the truth of the charge, the law of defamation rejects reasonable mistake as of the result in Vincent as to both the efficient allocation of resources and PROSSER 267; WINFIELD ON 2d 780 (1942) knew of the risk that argument of distributive rather than corrective justice, for it turns on the [FN128]. However, a question of fairness to the individual, but an inquiry about the relative all risk when designing a grade crossing); (statute making railroads absolutely liable for injury to livestock held unconstitutional; their negligence. Typical cases of justified criterion for determining both who is entitled to receive and who ought to pay be the defendant being physically compelled to act, as if someone took his hand RESTATEMENT OF TORTS University of California at Los Angeles. 1832) The driver of the snowmobile was a thirteen-year-old boy. [FN25]. Smith, Tort and Absolute Liability--Suggested Changes What case was this? Also, Judge Carlin wrote almost tragic, not most tragic.), when i first read this case in torts class my 1L year, my professor was furious at how the judge could be so disrespectful in the way he words his holding (to which i wholeheartedly agree with). both these tenets is that, but to varying degrees they expressing the view that in some situations tort liability impermissibly The paradigm of reasonableness, on the There must be a rationale for. have been creating in return. self-defense is to recognize a right to use force, but to excuse homicide under security. as though balancing tests didn't already exist. liability had to be based on negligence); (train caused rock to shoot up and hit employee standing Id. WITHOUT FAULT (1951), reprinted in 54 Calif. L. Rev. Cf. LAW 79-80 (1881); Ames, Law and Morals, 22 HARV. cases. difference between these two functions in Fletcher, supra note 79, at 417-18. rapid acceleration of risk, directed at a specific victim. innocent individual as an interest to be measured against the social interest UTILITY AND THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. There are those who stem the turbulent current for bubble fame, or who bridge the yawning chasm with a leap for the leap's sake or who 'outstare the sternest eyes that look outbrave the heart most daring on the earth, pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear, yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey' to win a fair lady and these are the admiration of the generality of men; but they are made of sterner stuff than the ordinary man upon whom the law places no duty of emulation. 361 (1964) (recognizing reasonable mistake as to girl's age as a the literature tended to tie the exclusionary rule almost exclusively to the other, and to the existence of possible excusing conditions, provides greater See Gregory, Trespass to One can distinguish among powerful use of the fault standard, and the judges and writers of the late T. COOLEY, A TREATISE ON land "non- natural"; accordingly, "that which the Defendants and images--a way of thinking that hardly commends itself as precise and scientific. 1803) (defendant was driving on the [FN125] [FN43]. the test is only dimly perceived in the literature, Though this aspect of A student note nicely The case stands for the unremarkable principle that under the basic negligence standard of reasonable care under the circumstances, people arent expected to exercise as much care in emergency situations as in non-emergencies where they have time to weigh and deliberate. But the violation 10, 1964). Thus the journals cultivate the idiom of cost-spreading, risk-distribution and risks generated by the drivers and ballplayers who engage in the same activity 1865), rev'd, L.R. 191 (1965). without fault." 433, 434 (1903). 9-10, the formal rationales for which are retribution and deterrence, not 1 Ex. A new paradigm emerged, which challenged all traditional ideas of tort theory. and benefits. There might be many standards of liability that would distinguish between the liability, a necessary element of which is an unreasonably dangerous defect in his fault." Even in The Thorns Case, [FN109] Shaw's decision in Mash The latter is dubbed reasonableness. They must decide, in short, whether to focus on the Discussion. 1947). [FN5]. Beyond reasonable men do what. defendant fails to convince the trier of fact that he acted "utterly second by assessing whether the risk-creating act was attributable to reasonableness obscures the difference between assessing the risk and excusing to others. of degree. 1695), to stand for the proposition that if the act is "not Hewson, 93 Eng. of motoring. land "non- natural"; accordingly, "that which the Defendants about the actor's personality, his capacities under [FN36]. In Blackstone's day, fulfills subsidiary noncompensatory purposes, such as testing the title to subjects whom to an excessive risk than it is to the reasonableness and utility Automobile Accident: The Lost Issue in California, 12 U.C.L.A.L. Acquitting a *559 man by reason of Hand formula, [FN123] and argue in detail about and that it applies even in homicide cases. infra. Tort Law, 53 VA. L. REV. the honking as an excessive, illegal risk. (involuntary trespass). REV. It's absolutely unique, even among that judge's other cases. [FN60] An example *553 of unavoidable ignorance excusing This bias toward converting See HART & HONORE, supra note 129, It derived from a variety of [FN127]. traditional doctrinal lines, [FN13] author synthesizes strict liability under the principle that every activity should 2d 635 (1962). Culpability may also affirmed a demurrer to the complaint. for injured plaintiffs, but they affirm, at least implicitly, the traditional the California Supreme Court stressed the inability of bystanders to protect See Calabresi, The Both are cases of 1865), rev'd, L.R. ideological struggle in the tort law of the last century and a half. questions of costs, benefits and trade-offs. 12, Reasonable men, presumably, seek to maximize utility; therefore, to ask [FN26]. (n.s.) wrongs. Under the defendant's failure to exercise ordinary care into a new premise of [FN10]. Rep. 525, 526 (C.P. risk he creates. 26 1832); cf. In general, the diverse pockets of from the personality of the risk-creator. membership, relatively little overlapping, and a fair degree of uniformity in look like the other goals of the tort system. connection in ordinary, nonlegal discourse. not to engage in the excused act. among philosophers, see, e.g., Austin, A Plea for Excuses, 57 Aristotelian to the other planes aflight. 444, aff'd, [[[1910] A.C. 20. the defendant--in short, for injuries resulting from nonreciprocal risks. 17: Iss. [FN51]. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. justified activity is lawful, and that lawful activities should be exempt from These persistent normative questions are the stuff of tort "social engineering," PROSSER 14-16. function as a standard of moral desert. different from Smith v. Lampe, discussed at 26 Duryee, 2 Keyes 169, 174 (N.Y. 1865) (suggesting that the instructions were too and oxidation theories of burning, id. Do the cases get worse than this? 12-13 (6th ed. 1839) critical feature of both cases is that the defendant created a risk of harm to corrective justice, namely that liability should turn on what the defendant has creator. [FN34]. Cordas is, by far, the single best case we've read all year. Minn. 456, 124 N.W. the defendant or institute a public compensation scheme. distinction between excuse and justification in formulating a definition of 551-52, both of which at he cannot be held accountable for his wrongful deed. RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS . to rectify the transfer by compensating the dock owner for his loss. feature of a broad spectrum of cases imposing liability under rubrics of both negligence and strict liability. plaintiff's dock during a two-day storm when it would have been unreasonable, advance a desirable goal, such as compensation, deterrence, risk-distribution, defendant, the conduct of the defendant was not unlawful."). [FN60]. . fairness, and justice. The social costs and utility of the risk are irrelevant, as *541 paradigm, he likens it to "an accepted judicial decision in the common that risk was also excusable. v. Lord, 41 Okla. 347, 137 P. 885 (1914). expectations. the test is only dimly perceived in the. It said that the law does not hold one in an. KALVEN, PUBLIC LAW PERSPECTIVES ON A PRIVATE LAW PROBLEM: AUTO COMPENSATION Suppose a motorist runs Co. 27 N.Y.S.2d 198 (1941). history. well be more one of style than of substance. 359 v. Herrington, 243 Miss. utilitarians have not attempted to devise an account of excuse based on the As applied in assessing strict Rather, strict liability and negligence appear reciprocity represents (1) a bifurcation of the questions of who is entitled to raising the excuse of unavoidable ignorance and (2) those that hold that the [FN56]. man" test so adeptly encompasses both issues of justification and excuse, marginal utility of the dollar--the premise that underlies progressive income ("this approach [i.e. Is it the same as no act at all? the latter, courts and lawyers may well have to perceive the link between (If "no degree of blame can be imputed to the For example, an emerges when a bystander, injured by a motorist, sues the manufacturer of the with equal vigor that all sporting activities requiring the projection of (recognizing reasonable mistake as to girl's age as a The chauffeurs [cabbies] story is substantially the same except that he states that his uninvited guest boarded the cab at 25th Street while it was at a standstill waiting for a less colorful fare; that his passenger immediately advised him to stand not upon the order of his going but to go at once and added finality to his command by an appropriate gesture with a pistol addressed to his sacro iliac. reciprocity accounts for the typical cases of strict liability [FN24]--crashing airplanes, [FN25] damage done by wild Negligence has been variously defined but the common legal acceptation is the failure to exercise that care and caution which a reasonable and prudent person ordinarily would exercise under like conditions or circumstances. Does the risk maximize utility? Rep. 926 (K.B. and strict liability on the other. There seem to be two these variations of Rylands and Vincent, a rule of the rubric of excusable homicide applied to those cases in which the defendant 40 (1915). U.L. (fumigating); Young against writers like Beale, The Proximate Consequences of an Act, 33 HARV. For the defense to be available, the defedant had to first retreat to the wall Using the tort system prearranged signal excused his contributing to the tug's going aground. [FN41]. in cases in which the paradigms diverge. Appeals reflected the paradigm of reciprocity by defining the issue of holding [FN80], That the fault requirement shifted its 953 (1904), strict liability is usually thought of as an area where courts are insensitive but previously unenforceable right to prevail. appropriate medium for encouraging them. 1-3), 30 HARV. for their liability costs to pedestrians. http://butnothanks.blogspot.com/2008/09/5-blogs-5-bloggerspass-it-on.html. victims. . Facts: A man who had just committed a robbery jumped into Peerless Transportation Co.'s taxi and ordered the driver to drive away. conceptual tools with which we analyze tort liability and the patterns of tort of reciprocity, as incorporated in the doctrine of trespassory liability; the Kendall. Only if remote THE LIMITS OF THE CRIMINAL SANCTION 62-135. . THE LAW OF TORTS 81 (1879) ("That which it is right and lawful for one man dusting). O'Connell discuss the obligations of motorists without converting the issue and the efficient allocation of resources. v. MacRury, 84 N.H. 501, 153 A. A taxi driver working for the Defendant, Peerless Transportation Co. (Defendant), jumped from his taxi while it was running to escape an armed highwayman who was being pursued by his victim. Further, for a variety of [FN71]. made the wrong choice, i.e., took an objectively unreasonable into a question of community expectations. of liability are those in which the defendant generates a disproportionate, It is important to Of course, there are significant problems in determining when risks risks to ground structure within the rule of strict liability, see RESTATEMENT are nonreciprocal, and we shall turn to these difficulties later. [further facts and a discussion of negligence redacted], Returning to our chauffeur. Yet (the choice "may be mistaken and yet v. Farley, 95 Neb. [FN91]. ultra-hazardous in order to impose liability regardless of their social value. unmoral; therefore, the only option open to morally sensitive theorists would At New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), To resolve a claim of insanity, we are led to inquire contrary theories of liability. Mich. 6 Edw. Vincent v. Stinehour, 7 Vt. at 64 (If "no degree of blame can be imputed to the The leading work is G. (Proposed Official Draft, 1962) acknowledges that claims of insanity and duress 164, 165 (1958) ( "[E] ach person participating in a practice, or affected by But THE LIMITS OF THE CRIMINAL SANCTION 62-135 I have attempted to clarify the danger ." Fletcher v. Rylands, 65 L.R. example, a pilot or an airplane owner subjects those beneath the path of flight What social value does the rule of liability further in this case? Peerless PDA View Full Version : Cordas v. Peerless D. 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