Torts - Cases, Principles, and Institutions Fifth Edition, 2016a

Witt & Tani, TCPI
3. Defense of Chattels ....................................................................................................... 74
Gortarez v. Smitty’s Super Valu ........................................................................................ 74
Notes .............................................................................................................................. 76
4. Consent ......................................................................................................................... 78
Mohr v. Williams ............................................................................................................... 78
Notes .............................................................................................................................. 79
5. Necessity ....................................................................................................................... 84
Ploof v. Putnam .................................................................................................................. 84
Vincent v. Lake Erie Transp. Co........................................................................................ 85
Notes .............................................................................................................................. 88
CHAPTER 3. STRICT LIABILITY AND NEGLIGENCE: HISTORY
AND INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 94
A. Common Law Beginnings ............................................................................................. 94
Hulle v. Orynge (The Case of the Thorns)......................................................................... 95
Notes .............................................................................................................................. 97
Weaver v. Ward ................................................................................................................. 98
Notes .............................................................................................................................. 98
Scott v. Shepherd ............................................................................................................... 99
Notes ............................................................................................................................ 102
Gibbons v. Pepper ............................................................................................................ 103
Notes ............................................................................................................................ 103
Leame v. Bray .................................................................................................................. 105
Note .............................................................................................................................. 106
Williams v. Holland ......................................................................................................... 107
Notes ............................................................................................................................ 108
B. Negligence Versus Strict Liability .............................................................................. 109
Brown v. Kendall ............................................................................................................. 109
Notes ............................................................................................................................ 112
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR., THE COMMON LAW 77, 81-96 (1881)............................ 114
Note .............................................................................................................................. 118
Fletcher v. Rylands, 159 Eng. Rep. 737 (1865) ............................................................... 118
Fletcher v. Rylands, L.R. 1 Ex. 265 (Exchequer Chamber 1866).................................... 120
Rylands v. Fletcher .......................................................................................................... 121
Notes ............................................................................................................................ 123
Brown v. Collins .............................................................................................................. 124
Note .............................................................................................................................. 125
Losee v. Buchanan ........................................................................................................... 125
Notes ............................................................................................................................ 126
Ives v. South Buffalo Ry. ................................................................................................. 127
Notes ............................................................................................................................ 129
CHAPTER 4. THE NEGLIGENCE STANDARD ................................ 133
A. The Reasonable Person ............................................................................................... 133
1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 133
Vaughan v. Menlove ........................................................................................................ 133
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR., THE COMMON LAW 107-09 (1881) ................................ 135
Notes ............................................................................................................................ 136
2. Physical Traits ............................................................................................................ 137