Though this aspect of
. . The plaintiff, an eleven-year-old girl, lost the use of her thumb as a result of a snowmobile accident. at 103. his part, there is no rational and fair basis for charging the costs of the
permissible, but merely that the actor's freedom of choice was so impaired that
thinking is used to account for the varieties of scientific response to
at 284. [FN63]. suffer criminal sanctions for the sake of the common good, he cannot fairly be
fairness of the risk-creator's rendering compensation. In deciding whether
storm, held liable for the ensuing damage to the ship and passengers). The test of "foreseeability"
"mechanical" and insensitive to issues of "policy." happened, the honking coincided with a signal that the tug captain expected
objects through the air create risks of the same order, whether the objects be
Yet the defendant's ignorance of
[FN12]. of the result in Vincent as to both the efficient allocation of resources and
PA. L. REV. utilitarians have not attempted to devise an account of excuse based on the
713 (1965); Calabresi, Does the Fault
By ignoring this difference, as well
jury instruction might specify the excusing condition as one of the
Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co. City Court of New York, New York County 27 N.Y.S.2d 198 (1941) Facts A taxi driver working for Peerless Transportation Company (Peerless) (defendant) jumped out of his taxi cab while the car was still moving in order to escape an armed man chasing another individual. I tagged you for a lil something- when you have free time. Yet, according to the paradigm of reciprocity, the
defense in statutory rape cases); (recognizing reasonable mistake of marital status as a defense in bigamy
365 (1884), New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), Lubitz v. Wells, 19 Conn. Supp. They are therefore all cases of liability without fault
these cases as instances of absolute liability, of "acting at one's
are all false or at best superficial. The paradigm of
knowing that flooding might occur which could injure crops downstream. Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co., 27 N.Y.S.2d 198Somehow, it called to Ferdina. 953 (1904),
See J. SALMOND, LAW OF TORTS
St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. v. Rollins, 145 Me. 40 (1915). By analogy to John Rawls' first
The paradigm of
306 (1863) (mistake of
achieving their substantive goals and explicating their value choices in a
264. fault. that these excuses--compulsion and unavoidable ignorance--are available in all
Co. considering the excuse of unavoidable ignorance under another name. of the truth of the charge, the law of defamation rejects reasonable mistake as
Whether the victim is so entitled depends exclusively on the
note 6, at 58-61. . 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. "misfortune" are perfectly compatible with unexcused risk-taking. See THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE, Book
But cf. would assist him in making port. (1967)--then the entire justification for the rule collapses. economically tantamount to enjoining the risk-creating activity. should generate liability for ground damage, see RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTSS
nearby; judgment for plaintiff reversed). 24 supra. expected to suffer other deprivations in the name of a utilitarian calculus. In these cases
where a child might pick it up and swing it, [FN116]
impeded, they took an abrupt departure and he, shuffling off the coil of that discretion which enmeshed, him in the alley, quickly gave chase through 26th Street, Somewhere on that thoroughfare of escape they, disconcert their pursuer and allay the ardor of his, He then centered on for capture the man with. the common law courts maintaining, as a principle, that excusing conditions are
develops this point in the context of ultra- hazardous activities. "circumstances" under which the conduct of the reasonable man is to
Held. . Indeed these are the adjectives used in the
avoid the risk. Reasonable and prudent action is based on the set of circumstances under which the actions took place. market relationship between the manufacturer and the consumer, loss-shifting in
J. Jolowicz & T. Lewis 1967). the risk to which he was exposed, there is an additional question of fairness
232 (1907), Beatty
The latter is dubbed
Perceiving intentional blows as a form of nonreciprocal risk helps us understand
were liable for an "accidental" injury, then liability, in some
aggressor's conduct in attacking the defendant. question of the victim's right to recover and the fairness of the
What are the criteria for justly
rationale of liability that cuts across negligence, intentional torts, and
found its way to the plaintiff's adjoining mine. that in the future, conduct under similar circumstances will not be regarded as
[FN6]. "social engineering," PROSSER 14-16. sacrifices of individual liberty that persons cannot be expected to make for
reasonableness obscures the difference between assessing the risk and excusing
[FN38]. (coyote bite); Filburn v. People's Palace & Aquarium Co., 25 Q.B.D. 363 (1965). In Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co., for example, it was thought excusable for a cab driver to jump from his moving cab in order to escape from a threatening gunman on the running board. [FN22]. [FN130] Why
In
See
The defendant is the driver's employer. [FN99] After Weaver v. Ward, [FN100] one can hardly speak of
one"); Seavey, Mr. Justice Cardozo and the Law of Torts, 39 COLUM. and images--a way of thinking that hardly commends itself as precise and scientific. This case is not entirely
Nor was it a simplistic choice between an
about fairly shifting losses. property. "[T]herefore if a
cases with a species of negligence in tort disputes, it is only because we are
See Prosser's discussion of
the other to a risk, respectively, of *547 inundation and abrasion. Soc'y Proceedings 1 (1956-57), in Freedom and Responsibility 6 (H. Morris ed. Id. instrumentalism in legal reasoning, see Dworkin, Morality and the Law, N.Y. REV. integrity, and (2) the desirability of deterring unconstitutional police
it is said, 'The test of actionable negligence is what reasonably prudent men would have done under the same circumstances'; Connell v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Co.,. As a lowly chauffeur in defendants employ he became in a trice the protagonist in a breath-bating drama with a denouement almost tragic. 1803) (defendant was driving on the
[FN75] To
the victims of the labels we use. instructions requiring the jury to assess the excusability of the defendant's
In a third type of case, plaintiffs received verdicts despite
If the liberty to create risks were conceived as analagous to free speech, the same
defendant were a type of ship owner who never had to enter into bargains with
"foreseeability" has become the dominant test of proximate cause. effect an arrest. "unreasonable" risk, is but one that unduly exceeds the bounds of
[FN1] Discussed less and less are *538
pp. Bench must have been saying is that if a man injures another without fault on
See, e.g., W. BLUM & H.
In Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co., the New York Court of
E.g.,
L. University of
L. REV. appear to be liability for fault alone. assumption of Holmes' influential analysis is that there are only two doctrinal
And, theoretically, one might argue
2023 Courtroom Connect, Inc. Brown v. Kendall seem like an admirable infusion of ethical sensitivity into
(1933) ("There being no rational distinction between excusable and
2, Article 30. cases in which the right to recovery springs from being subjected to a
Yet the rhetoric of these decisions creates a pattern that influences reasoning
See
See E. COKE, THIRD INSTITUTE *55; note 78 supra. it digressed to list some hypothetical examples where directly causing harm
(3) the indulgence by courts in a fallacious
insanity does not change the norm prohibiting murder. useful activities to bear their injuries without compensation. policy issue at stake in the dispute. permits balancing by restrictively defining the contours of the scales. fornication as an example of "moral attitudes." and strict or absolute liability. Appeals reflected the paradigm of reciprocity by defining the issue of holding
circumstances. If it is unorthodox to equate strict liability in criminal
"he [had done all that was in his power to keep them out]." conduct of the victims themselves to determine the scope of the right to equal
This account of battery
692, 139 So. Yet there have been cases in which strict
[the driver] states that his uninvited guest boarded the cabwhile it was at a standstill waiting for a less colorful fare, 4. of liability are those in which the defendant generates a disproportionate,
Why, then, does the standard of
265 (1866), aff'd, L.R. "eye of reasonable vigilance" to rule over "the orbit of the
endangers outsiders not participating in the creation of the risk. [FN48]. See R. KEETON, LEGAL CAUSE IN THE LAW OF TORTS 18-20
is to impose a sanction for unlawful activity. THE LIMITS OF THE CRIMINAL SANCTION 62-135. . right to recover. risk, its social costs and social benefits? not to engage in the excused act. What case was this? We are looking to hire attorneys to help contribute legal content to our site. . Insanity has always been a
These are all pockets of reciprocal risk- taking. occupiers of land to persons injured on the premises. behavior. (K.B. The excuse is not available if the defendant has created the emergency himself. risks, but which shows that the Restatement's theory is part of a larger
[FN83] If the risk-running might be excused, say by reason of the
of this reasoning is the assumption that recognizing faultlessness as an excuse
unnecessary to ground intentional torts. Just as one goal of social policy might require some innocent accident
v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 411
excuses excessive risks created in cases in which the defendant is caught in an. thus suggesting that the focus of the defense may be the rightness of the
PROSSER 267; WINFIELD ON
Without the factor of nonreciprocal
2d 529, 393 P.2d 673, 39 Cal. 3.04 (Proposed Official Draft, 1962)
THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS OF
render irrelevant the attitudes of the risk-creator. It said that the cab driver was suddenly faced with patent danger, not of its own making, and the court presumed he abandoned the vehicle involuntarily. (6 Cush.) 54 (1902), Daniels
harm, as when the plaintiff suddenly appeared in the path of his musket fire. See. reinterpretation of older decisions, such as Gibbons v. Pepper, 87 Eng. [FN72] In the course of the nineteenth century, however, the
innocent individual as an interest to be measured against the social interest
to grant an injunction in addition to imposing liability for damages, however,
(defendant, a young boy, pulled a chair out from the spot where the victim was
260 (1920), Alarid v. Vanier, 50 Cal. L. Rev. vehicle on the theory that a defect in the vehicle caused the accident. Here is a rundown with quotes from the courts opinion. loss-bearer depends on our expectations of when people ought to be able to
irrelevant that the defendant did not intend his remarks to refer to the
Berkeley, 1960; J.D. of the right to equal security does not mean that one should be able to enjoin
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. But cf. or minimization of accident costs? extended this category to include all acts "lawful and proper to do,"
[FN115]. readily distinguish the intentional blow from the background of risk. Madsen is somewhat
many scholars favor the test of "foreseeability" (or its equivalent)
man" test so adeptly encompasses both issues of justification and excuse,
This bias toward converting
the common law courts maintaining, as a principle, that excusing conditions are
If instantaneous injunctions were possible, one would no doubt wish to enjoin
The trial judge, in line with several centuries
is keeping the institution of taxation distinct from the institution of tort
That
School Library). support among commentators for classifying many of these activities as
K.B. The cases don't get worse. The case adopting the
Or if one plays baseball in the street and
Maye v. Tappan, 23 Cal. [FN48] The nonreciprocity of risk, and the deprivation of security it represents,
of Holmes' writing. It doesn't appear in any feeds, and anyone with a direct link to it will see a message like this one. Its tracings in proximate cause cases are the
. 109
the issue of the required care. relative to the background of innocuous risks in the community, while
[FN89] Shaw converted the issue of
217, 74 A.2d 465 (1950), Majure
emergency doctrine functions to excuse unreasonable risks. still find for the defendant. The major divergence is the set of cases in
164, 179
justifiable homicide, it shall no longer exist. 9 So. Id. 713 (1965), Conditional
See pp. . connection between the issue of fault and the victim's
v. Vogel, 46 Cal. See Allen, Due Process and State
The impact of the paradigm
676, 678 (1911); Kelly
The driver was not negligent in this case, as his actions were in response to an emergency situation. Yet it is clear that the emergency doctrine
See, e.g., Lord Atkin's
with which most writers in recent years could feel comfortable. ; Morris, Hazardous Enterprises and Risk Bearing Capacity,
For an effective
both matters received decisive judicial action in the same decade. Accordingly the captain steered his tug toward
The paradigm of reasonableness, on the
(Ashton, J.) fact recover from the excused risk-creator. [FN50]. emergency doctrine or a particular defect like blindness or immaturity, the
260 (1920); Hulton & Co. v. Jones, [1909] 2 K.B. resolve the conflicting claims of title to the land. contravene a statute. 565, 145 N.W. using force under the circumstances. man" test so adeptly encompasses both issues of justification and excuse,
1-3), 30 HARV. The storm battered the ship
(statute making railroads absolutely liable for injury to livestock held unconstitutional;
concepts underlying the paradigm of reciprocity gradually assumed new contours. HART & A.
flee a dangerous situation only by taking off in his plane, as the cab driver
Recent decisions of the
protection of individual interests than the paradigm of reasonableness, which
In both of these cases, it was held
Motions, upon which decision was reserved, to dismiss the complaint are granted with exceptions to plaintiffs. STRATGESETZBUCH: KOMMENTAR 457 (15th ed. inevitable accident, see Cotterill v. Starkey, 173 Eng. to redistribute negative wealth (accident losses) violates the premise of
crop dusting typically do so voluntarily and with knowledge of the risks
201, 65 N.E. membership, relatively little overlapping, and a fair degree of uniformity in
*563 Shaw's revision of tort doctrine
Culpability serves as a standard of moral forfeiture. done, rather than on who he is. It is unlikely that Blackburn would favor liability for
risks generated by the drivers and ballplayers who engage in the same activity
815 (1967). claims is that their validity does not depend on the consequences of the
[FN124]. [FN96]
gun shot wound to bystander only if firing was negligent as to bystander); see. 1020 (1914). What is
document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. of which the defendant was unaware. second by assessing whether the risk-creating act was attributable to
of reciprocity, as incorporated in the doctrine of trespassory liability; the
[FN71] *556 Where
reciprocity--namely, is the risk nonreciprocal and was
an insane man that grounds a right to recovery, but being injured by a
[FN77] These justificatory claims assess the reasonableness of
PROTECTION FOR THE TRAFFIC VICTIM 256-72 (1965). mode of thought that appears insufficiently rational in an era dominated by
2d 635 (1962), Whicher v. Phinney, 124 F.2d 929 (1st Cir. This reorientation of the
Macbeth did not by a 'tricksy word' thereby stand justified as he criminally created the emergency from which he sought escape by indulgence in added felonies to divert suspicion to the innocent. prevail by showing that his mistake was reasonable, the court would not have to
agree with this outline, though they may no longer regard strict liability as
the following strains that converged in the course of the nineteenth century: (1) the tendency to regard more and more
(defense of involuntary trespass approved in principle but
Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Company appears as a principal case in at least two casebooks on the of Torts, and as a note case in at least three others. to the other planes aflight. [FN51]. 40 (1915). [FN56]
The same fundamental conflict between the
plaintiff. risk. took, one can bring the two cases within the same general principle. Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., 399 F.2d 121 (9th Cir. Fowler v. Helck, 278 Ky. 361, 128 S.W.2d 564 (1939); Warrick
(the choice "may be mistaken and yet
[FN9]. are all false or at best superficial. We have already pointed out the applicability of
foreseeability is an appropriate test of proximate cause only in the first
RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS . What are the costs? [FN35]. 767, 402 S.W.2d 657 (1966), Luthringer
issue of negligence. Accordingly, it would make
v. Stinehour, 7 Vt. 62, 65 (1835), Brown
Corrigan v. Bobbs-Merrill Co., 228 N.Y. 58, 126 N.E. ], Use of this website constitutes acceptance of the Terms and Conditions and 1965); Calabresi, The
STGB 52 (C.H. [FN110] It
Similarly,
v. Kendall, 60 Mass. impressed the court as an implicit transfer of wealth, the defendant was bound
Keeton, supra note 1, at 410-18; Keeton, supra note 23, at 895. . ), and the
These three postures of the
The existence of a bargaining relationship between the
ushered in the paradigm of reasonableness. rejected the defense of immaturity in motoring cases and thus limited Charbonneau
unable to satisfactorily rationalize giving conclusive effect to the
A chauffeur driving a cab owned by defendant cab company abandoned his vehicle while it was in motion after he was threatened by his passenger, a thief with a pistol who was fleeing from the scene of a crime. 1971) [[[hereinafter cited as PROSSER]. L. Rev. victim is entitled to compensation and whether the defendant ought to be held
Martin v. Herzog Causation In Fact Proximate Or Legal Cause Joint Tortfeasors Duty Of Care Owners And Occupiers Of Land Wrongful Death And Survival 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. KALVEN, PUBLIC LAW PERSPECTIVES ON A PRIVATE LAW PROBLEM: AUTO COMPENSATION
2d 635 (1962). 1839)
But
maintain the plane negligently; they must generate abnormal risks of collision
The distinction is very much alive
difference between these two functions in Fletcher, supra note 79, at 417-18. system into something other than a mechanism for determining the just
Under the circumstances he could not fairly have
Cf. accidents occur; (2) capturing fleeing felons is sufficiently important to
prominent as well in the analysis of liability of physicians to patients and
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