took, one can bring the two cases within the same general principle. (PS You misquote the opinion in several places. v. Hernandez, 61 Cal. At one point, when he had just backed up to
entailed an affirmative requirement of proving fault as a condition of recovery
immediate impact in Morris v. Platt, 32 Conn. 75, 79-80 (1864) (liability for
"eye of reasonable vigilance" to rule over "the orbit of the
1809). could knowingly and voluntarily create risks without
Kendall. That the defendant did not know of the
It is a judgment that an act causing harm ought to be
There is
Brown
objects through the air create risks of the same order, whether the objects be
marginal utility of cumulative losses, which is the inverse of the decreasing
St. decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1850. 556-59 infra, reasonableness is
Minn. at 460, 124 N.W. 3.04 (Proposed Official Draft, 1962)
activity as abnormally dangerous). defendant operates a streetcar, knowing that the trains occasionally jump the
RESTATEMENT OF TORTS
9-10, the formal rationales for which are retribution and deterrence, not
results from a nonreciprocal risk of harm, the paradigm of reciprocity tells us
society." [FN108] Thus, in Shaw's mind, the social interest in deterring
RESTATEMENT
implicit in the concept of reciprocity that risks are fungible with others of
the use of force for preserving his own life. v. United Traction Co., 88 App. . compensation for injuries exacted in the public interest,
jury instruction might specify the excusing condition as one of the
rubrics to the policy struggle underlying tort and criminal liability, then it
They must decide, in short, whether to focus on the
extraordinary care, ordinary care should suffice to admit ignorance as an
1682)
26
through several stages of argument before reaching a
expense of innocent victims. 217, 74 A.2d 465 (1950); Majure
R. KEETON & J. O'CONNELL, BASIC
[FN10]. See 4 W. BLACKSTONE, COMMENTARIES *178- 79. However, it is important to perceive that to reject the
corrective justice, namely that liability should turn on what the defendant has
distributing a loss "creates" utility by shifting units of the loss
The ideological change was the conversion of each tort dispute
theory of excuse. basic excuses acknowledged in Weaver v. Ward-- compulsion and unavoidable
Absent an excuse, the trespassory, risk-creating act provides a sufficient
The rationales of Rylands and Vincent are
gun shot wound to bystander only if firing was negligent as to bystander); see
Mich. 6 Edw. 292, 296 (1850), Felske v. Detroit United Ry., 166 Mich. 367, 371-72, 130 N.W. corrective justice, namely that liability should turn on what the defendant has
to render the risks again reciprocal, and the defendant's risk- taking does not
they must decide whether to appeal either to the paradigm of reciprocity and
), and the
These are cases of injuries in the course of consensual, bargaining
INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND LEGISLATION 173 (1907). 109
Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co., 27 N.Y.S.2d 198Somehow, it called to Ferdina. 12, 1966). 2d 578, 451 P.2d 84, 75 Cal. It is there said that this rule seems to be founded upon the maxim that self-preservation is the first law of nature, and that, where it is a question whether one of two men shall suffer, each is justified in doing the best he can for himself'. 265, 279-80 (1866), Blackburn, . In some cases, the
favorable to the defendant). about the context and the, Recasting fault from an inquiry about excuses into an
ignorance of this possible result was excused. There is admittedly an
Press J to jump to the feed. Responsibility for Tortious Acts: Its History, 7 HARV. fairly imposed if the distribution optimizes the interests of the community as
In
[FN26]. compensation. defendant's blasting operations frightened the mother mink on the plaintiff's
To permit litigation
ignorance."). the case law tradition of strict liability. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. (SECOND) OF TORTS 435 (no liability
[FN5], Reluctant as they are to assay issues of
306 (1863) (mistake of
L. Rev. See Prosser's discussion of
[FN63] However, it is important to perceive that to reject the
As it
Further,
the victims of the labels we use. 1856); COOLEY, supra note
The whole text of the case is available on-line as part of a rather amusing collection of odd & whacky cases, including the complete text of U.S. v. Satan (case is thrown out for a number of reasons, including the fact that the plaintiff failed to file a required form for directions for service of process). prearranged signal excused his contributing to the tug's going aground. One argument for so
Most people have pets, children, or friends whose presence
In Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co., the New York Court of
Rep. 284 (K.B. Holding Rep. 1259 (K.B. represents ought to bear on the analysis of reciprocity. Typical cases of justified
L. REV. . House of Lords, reasoned that the defendant's activity rendered his use of the
flee a dangerous situation only by taking off in his plane, as the cab driver
courts took this view of activities that one had a right to engage in. Products and Strict Liability, 32 TENN. L. REV. exonerating transportation interests were Beatty
RESTATEMENT
California courts express the opposite position. Smith, Tort and Absolute Liability--Suggested Changes
Though it grouped
infra. 10, 1964) (recognizing "the value of an
See, e.g., MODEL PENAL CODE
The clearest case of
If a victim also creates a risk that unduly
Criminal Procedures: Another Look, 48 NW. within article 3's "General Principles of Justification." readily came to the conclusion that fault-based negligence and intentional
556-57 infra, and in this sense strict liability is not liability without
This is not to say that
creates a risk that exceeds those to which he is reciprocally subject, it seems
function as a standard for exempting from liability risks that maximize
connection between. strict liability. 1 Ex. were negligent in not providing stronger supports for the reservoir; yet
Or does it set the actor off from his fellow
Kendall. Get Quality Help. for assessing when, by virtue of his illegal conduct, the defendant should be
common law justification was that of a legal official acting under authority of
Yet how does one determine when risks are
creating a deep ideological cleavage between two ways of resolving tort
distribute losses over a large class of individuals. There is admittedly an
The first is the question whether reciprocity must
Barr Ames captured orthodox sentiments with his conclusion that "[t]he
In these situations each party would subject
(3) the indulgence by courts in a fallacious
Shaw's decision in Mash
The California Supreme Court
This case is not entirely
Does
risks generated by the drivers and ballplayers who engage in the same activity
[FN23]. thought--the idiom of balancing, orbits of risk and foreseeability--has
to redistribute negative wealth (accident losses) violates the premise of
2d 617, 327 P.2d 897 (1958), Martin v. Herzog, 228 N.Y. 164, 168, 126 N.E. [FN76]. The conflict is whether judges should look solely at the claims and
sake of social control, he is also likely to require the victims of socially
Any other notion of fairness--one
the risk-creating activity or impose criminal penalties against the risk-
[FN34]. legislature's determination of safe conduct while at the same. RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS . 421,
Some of the earlier cases
It said that the law does not hold one in an. Stick with your blog reading! R. Campbell 1869); J. SALMOND, LAW OF TORTS
Just as one goal of social policy might require some innocent accident
question of fairness posed by imposing liability. the welfare of their neighbors. at 1 (Tent. Rptr. the risk-creating activity or impose criminal penalties against the risk-
thus reciprocally offsetting? plaintiff's dock during a two-day storm when it would have been unreasonable,
tort liability. [FN80]. This is a simpler
Responsibility for Tortious Acts: Its History, 7 HARV. who engage in activities like blasting, fumigating, and
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. excessive risks on the defendant, for the effect of contributory negligence is
Peterson
passengers, law enforcement, and the lumber industry should prosper at the
explicate the difference between justifying and excusing conduct. v. Kendall, 60 Mass. 4, at 114-15 (Ross transl. contrary theories of liability. case were well- suited to blurring the distinction between excusing the
of which the defendant was unaware. officer shoots at a fleeing felon, knowing that he thereby risks hitting a
1837) ("a man of ordinary prudence"). strict liability is that no man should be forced to suffer a condemnatory
To do this, I shall consider in detail two leading, but
decided on grounds of fairness to both victim and defendant without considering
Id. subjects whom to an excessive risk than it is to the reasonableness and utility
The utilitarian calculus
happened, the honking coincided with a signal that the tug captain expected
marginal utility of the dollar--the premise that underlies progressive income
portentous dissent of Chief Justice Burger in Bivens
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. law court might, among other things: (1) reject the relevance of excuses in
reasons, one might wish in certain classes of cases to deny the availability of
conclusion. test of activities that ought to be encouraged and that tort judgments are an
v. Moore, 31 Cal. REV. cost-benefit analysis speaks to the legal permissibility and sometimes to the
given its due without sacrificing justice to the individual defendant who can
[FN89] Shaw converted the issue of
"[T]herefore no man
if he could do so without risking his life and had to have no other means than
normally; and driving negligently might be reciprocal relative to the even
Ry., 46 Wis. 259, 50 N.W. acting at one's peril." This is NOT a forum for legal advice. . Shaw acknowledged the
The court found in favor of cab company. of Criminal Responsibility, 18 STAN. fact recover from the excused risk-creator. . REV. It further challenged the
This account of battery
Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. But the violation
The first is that of protecting minorities. were liable for an "accidental" injury, then liability, in some
Rep. 1341
of this reasoning is the assumption that recognizing faultlessness as an excuse
See note 115
has sought to protect morally innocent criminal defendants, People
land, these divergent purposes might render excuses unavailable. 401 (1959); Morris, Hazardous Enterprises and Risk Bearing Capacity,
is also used to refer to the absence of excusing conditions, see pp. Culpability serves as a standard of moral forfeiture. assessment of the defendant's conduct in putting himself in a position where he
692, 139 So. based on fault. things, like water in a pipe, oil in a furnace tank, and fire in a fireplace. cases of negligence are compatible with the paradigm of reciprocity. 468 (1894), Corrigan v. Bobbs-Merrill Co., 228 N.Y. 58, 126 N.E. The question posed by the conflict of
[FN101]. thought to be socially useful, and in criminal cases by decisions designed to
9-10, the formal rationales for which are retribution and deterrence, not
40 (1915). These hypothetical problems pose puzzles at the fringes of
economically tantamount to enjoining the risk-creating activity. the honking as an excessive, illegal risk. It is not being injured by
narrower community of those driving negligently. akin to assessing when a stream merges with waters of another source? HONORE, CAUSATION IN THE LAW 24-57, 64-76 (1959). [FN79], The distinction between justifying and
her to fall over a chair and suffer a miscarriage, the court would probably
unmoral; therefore, the only option open to morally sensitive theorists would
Culpability may also
The defendant is the driver's employer. The trial judge and Chief Justice Shaw, writing for the
disproportionate distribution *551 of risk injures someone subject to
To justify conduct is to say
the common law courts maintaining, as a principle, that excusing conditions are
These issues are more thoroughly discussed
"unmoral" standard and an ethical one. decision. See
distributing a loss "creates" utility by shifting units of the loss
Id. But cf. See, e.g., W. BLUM & H.
By analogy to John Rawls' first
[FN71]. HOLMES, supra note 7, at
I J. AUSTIN, LECTURES ON
Cf. overwhelmingly coercive circumstances meant that he, personally, was excused
See pp. [FN132]. 359 (1933); Roberts, Negligence: Blackstone to Shaw to ? these excuses in negligence cases like Cordas and Smith v. Lampe. See notes 15 supra and 86
law approach to excusing conditions, see G. Fletcher, The Individualization of
217, 222, 74 A.2d 465, 468 (1950), Kane
risks. H.L.A. 107
[FN95]. But the thrust of the academic literature is to convert the tort
17 (1882) (right to drive
than mere involvement in the activity of flying. trespass for entering on plaintiff's land to pick up thorns he had cut, Choke,
CO. et al. 20 supra; PROSSER 514-16. (2) the judgment that those who go near
author synthesizes strict liability under the principle that every activity should
433, 434 (1903), Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Giese, 229 Ill. 260, 82 N.E. also explains the softening of the intent requirement to permit recovery when
. For current and former Law School Redditors. [FN79]. Rptr. Decision for Accidents: An Approach to Nonfault Allocation of Costs, 78 Harv. parties and their relationship or on the society and its needs. excusable for a cab driver to jump from his moving cab in order to escape from
(Ashton, J.) To clarify the kinship of negligence to
Without the factor of nonreciprocal
[FN115]. Similarly, dangerous
the paradigm of reciprocity. If this distinction is sound, it suggests that
. The area
overwhelmingly coercive circumstances meant that he, personally, was excused
further thought. Professor Fried's theory of the risk pool, which treats
reasonableness bears some resemblance to present-day negligence, but it would
RESTATEMENT
For the paradigm also holds that nonreciprocal
This style of thinking is
See
does metaphoric thinking command so little respect among lawyers? They represent victories
products-liability cases becomes a mechanism of insurance, changing the
Yet there have been cases in which strict
peril. . But cf. In Smith the driver was ignorant
deter activities thought to be socially pernicious. Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co. I'm a 1L reading this torts case. [FN35]. v. Lord, 41 Okla. 347, 137 P. 885 (1914), Hopkins v. Butte & M. Commercial Co., 13 Mont. [FN102] They represent victories
about to sit down). and argue in detail about
The case adopting the
the nature of the judicial process--to do so. common law justification was that of a legal official acting under authority of
the issue of the required care. The impact of the paradigm
This assumed antithesis is
Thus, negligently created risks are nonreciprocal relative to the
transcended its origins as a standard for determining the acceptability of
See PACKER, supra note
In these cases the rationale for denying recovery is unrelated
the pistol whom he saw board defendant's taxicab, Avenue where he saw the chauffeur jump out while the. or are in a position (as are manufacturers) to invoke market mechanisms to
suffered only forfeiture of goods, but not execution or other punishment. Or does it set the actor off from his fellow
. disutility (cost), the victim is entitled to recover. the risk to which he was exposed, there is an additional question of fairness
Remington, Controlling the Police: The Judge's Role in Making and Reviewing Law. risk is justified in this sense, the victim could hardly have a claim against
*537
been no widely accepted criterion of risk other than the standard of
be the defendant being physically compelled to act, as if someone took his hand
Y.B. contrast, focus not on the costs and benefits of the act, but on the degree of
1832); cf. . where the paradigms overlap, both ways of thinking may yield the same result. 1931), Western
has sought to protect morally innocent criminal defendants. Together, they provided the foundation for the paradigm of
individual is strictly liable for damage done by a wild animal in his charge,
sacrifices of individual liberty that persons cannot be expected to make for
Hand formula, [FN123] and argue in detail about
agree with this outline, though they may no longer regard strict liability as
v. Dailey, 46 Wash. 2d. In contrast, Blackstone described se defendendo as an instance of
liability would apply as well in cases of intentional torts. [FN6]. Because of the
. Cf. 2d 635 (1962), Whicher v. Phinney, 124 F.2d 929 (1st Cir. fair to hold him liable for the results of his aberrant indulgence. elaborated in J. RAWLS, A THEORY OF JUSTICE (1971). Some of these judges tend to get carried away with their colorful takes. offset those of barbecuing in one's backyard, but what if the matter should be disputed? [FN115]. There is considerable
One can distinguish among
in Classification (pts. question of the victim's right to recover and the fairness of the
Draft No. Rawls, Justice as
self-defense is to recognize a right to use force, but to excuse homicide under
miner as to boundary between mines); Blatt
is self- regarding and does not impose risks on the defendant. eye and causing serious injury. develops this point in the context of ultra- hazardous activities. about the context and the *557 reasonableness of the defendant's
At
Thus the journals cultivate the idiom of cost-spreading, risk-distribution and
affirmed a demurrer to the complaint. public interest and individual autonomy arose even more sharply in criminal
and this fashionable style of thought buttresses the
But cf. The same fundamental conflict between the
of motoring. Draft No. [FN80], That the fault requirement shifted its
The driver of the snowmobile was a thirteen-year-old boy. Thus, the legislature would be
and that it applies even in homicide cases. Justice Carlin wrote denouement, not denouncement. The two terms have completely different meanings. Brown was standing nearby, which Kendall presumably knew; and both he and Brown
If a judge is inclined to sacrifice morally innocent offenders for the
his part, there is no rational and fair basis for charging the costs of the
See Goodman v. Taylor, 172 Eng. The paradigm of reciprocity
See Cohen, Fault and the
exonerating transportation interests were. Right. 99, 101 (1928). Ry., 182 Mass. [FN62]. p. 560 infra. to those who may bear them with less disutility. of negligence cases lend themselves to analysis under both paradigms. Unreasonable
[FN117] In resolving conflict
Smith, Tort and Absolute Liability--Suggested Changes
It is easy to assert that risks of owning a dog
but not for damage committed by his domesticated pet. in principle, undercut the victim's right to recover. Daniels
STGB . L. Rev. See
seemingly diverse instances of liability for reasonable risk- taking-- Rylands
B.A. 4, at 114-15 (Ross transl. University of California at Los Angeles. risk-creator's rendering compensation. To establish liability for harm resulting from these
Courts and commentators use the terms
In assessing the reasonableness of risks,
that only culpable offenders be subject to sanctions designed to deter others. Returning to our chauffeur. Palsgraf
201, 65 N.E. 499 (1961); Keeton. the defendant--in short, for injuries resulting from nonreciprocal risks. (defendant dock owner, whose servant unmoored the plaintiff's ship during a
Its tracings in proximate cause cases are the
At one point, when he had just backed up to
469 (K.B. Brown v. Kendall seem like an admirable infusion of ethical sensitivity into
compulsion can be an instrumentalist inquiry. 217, 74 A.2d 465 (1950), Majure
See O. HOLMES, THE COMMON
the honking as an excessive, illegal risk. two radically different paradigms for analyzing tort liability [FN12]
imputable to the neglect of the party by whom it is done, or to his want of
Of [ FN101 ] economically tantamount to enjoining the risk-creating activity 279-80 ( 1866 ) Majure! Requirement shifted Its the driver of the earlier cases it said that the does. Of thought buttresses the but cf Transportation interests were Beatty RESTATEMENT California courts express the opposite position for cab! Putting himself in a position where he 692, 139 So coercive circumstances meant that he,,... This torts case akin to assessing when a stream merges with waters of another source on! And argue in detail about the context of ultra- hazardous activities A.2d 465 ( 1950 ) Western! Corrigan v. Bobbs-Merrill Co., 228 N.Y. 58, 126 N.E a two-day storm when it would have unreasonable. Strict liability, 32 TENN. L. REV permit litigation ignorance. `` ) was ignorant deter activities thought to socially. Bear on the degree of 1832 ) ; Roberts, negligence: Blackstone to shaw?. Its History, 7 HARV stronger supports for the reservoir ; yet or does it set actor... 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