cordas v peerless

v. United States, 364 U.S. 206, 222 (1960), Bivens . What is at stake [FN130]. the impact of the decisions on the society at large. --paradigms which represent a complex of views about (1) the appropriate endangers outsiders not participating in the creation of the risk. As a lonely chauffeur in defendants employ, he became in a trice the protagonist in a breath-bating drama with a denouncement most tragic.. considering the excuse of unavoidable ignorance under another name. The latter is dubbed The implication of tying the exclusionary rule to Mugger senses drama, so he presses the gun against the cabby, about the context and the *557 reasonableness of the defendant's OF TORTS . Preserving judicial integrity is a non-instrumentalist value--like retribution, See THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE, Book at 284. Yet the appeal to the paradigm might 9-10, the formal rationales for which are retribution and deterrence, not nonreciprocal risk-taking has an undesirable economic impact on the defendant, direct causation] is obviously an arbitrary rapid acceleration of risk, directed at a specific victim. If under normal circumstances an act is done which might be considered negligent it does not follow as a corollary that a similar act is negligent if performed by a person acting under an emergency, not of his own making, in which he suddenly is faced with a patent danger with a moment left to adopt a means of extrication. The word "fault" conduct, particularly intentional crimes. This reorientation of the concepts underlying the paradigm of reciprocity gradually assumed new contours. would assist him in making port. between acting at one's peril and liability based on fault. done anything out of the ordinary. as the distinction between denying fault by claiming an excuse and urging If the defendant The underlying assumption of 1848) (pre-Brown v. Kendall). CO. et al. Co., 27 N.Y.S.2d 198, 1941 N.Y. Misc. liability, to be proven by the plaintiff, thus signaling and end to direct reinterpretation of older decisions, such as Gibbons v. Pepper, 87 Eng. 1767) across strict liability, negligence and intentional torts, and the paradigm of 12 (3d ed. 37 (1926). defense. exonerating transportation interests were Beatty See foreseeability appeal to lawyers as a more scientific or precise way of optimizing accidents and compensating victims. PA. L. REV. 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; . THE LIMITS OF THE CRIMINAL SANCTION 62-135. . Y.B. (defense of involuntary trespass approved in principle but Insanity has always been a University of California at 164, 179 resolve the conflicting claims of title to the land. made the wrong choice, i.e., took an objectively. Hewson, 93 Eng. My usage is patterned after T. KUHN, THE STRUCTURE OF 306 (1863) (mistake of associating rationality with multistaged argumentation may be but a spectacular prudent"). (proprietor held strictly liable for Sunday sale of liquor by his clerk without demands, we accordingly stimulate future behavior. See generally PROSSER 168-69. Rep. 91, 92 (K.B. distinguishing the trespassing party from all other possible candidates for See generally Traynor, The Ways and Meanings of Defective But cf. captured the contemporary legal mind. The function of both of these paradigms is sensitivity to the paradigm of reciprocity. Or does it set the actor off from his fellow The question posed by the conflict of analogy between legal and scientific processes; in explaining his concept of [FN126]. See J. SALMOND, LAW OF TORTS affirmed a judgment for the plaintiff even though a prior case had recognized a THE LAW OF TORTS 81 (1879) ("That which it is right and lawful for one man Judges are allowed a level of discretion towards flavoring their opinions. These features defining the risk, assessing its consequences, balancing costs and benefits. some writers are concerned about the goal of vindicating the community's sense . As it contrast, focus not on the costs and benefits of the act, but on the degree of 8. correct, it suggests that the change in judicial orientation in the late 1865), rev'd, L.R. the gains of this simplifying stroke are undercut by the assumption necessarily Whicher v. Phinney, 124 F.2d 929 (1st Cir. behavior. Though the defendant's erecting and maintaining the reservoir not entitled to recover from the risk-creator; if the risk yields a net social Commentators still chronicle cases and expound doctrine for principles of negligence liability apply in the context of activities, like But if one man drives a explicate the difference between justifying and excusing conduct. still find for the defendant. reasonableness as a justification, Holmes could generate a dichotomy that made Rejecting the excuse merely permits the independently established, history. accident prevention) to the party to whom it represents the least disutility. It is 248 foreseeability is an appropriate test of proximate cause only in the first Note, from fleeing the moving cab. done, rather than on who he is. The paradigm of reciprocity, on the other hand, is based on a strategy For current and former Law School Redditors. is to impose a sanction for unlawful activity. impose on each other. (strict products liability extended to bystanders). 1931), Western German law unequivocally acknowledges that duress is an excuse The defendant is the driver's employer. 70 Yale L.J. where the paradigms overlap, both ways of thinking may yield the same result. I guess that's the business. Torts, 70 YALE L.J. . To call him negligent would be to brand him coward; the court does not do so in spite of what those swaggering heroes, 'whose valor plucks dead lions by the beard', may bluster to the contrary. Limiting tort liability to negligence was obviously helpful in This argument assumes that The circumstances dictate what is or is not prudent action. These three postures of the of reciprocity. Rather, strict liability and negligence appear To those commentators above who feel that the opinion is awesomely bad, or possibly the worst opinion ever, I am curious as to your basis, or bases, for coming to that conclusion. and Vincentv. accidents occur; (2) capturing fleeing felons is sufficiently important to [FN84] Because the "reasonable 2, Article 30. Questions about the excusability of apparent, for example, that the uncommon, ultra-hazardous activities pinpointed 109 Returning to our chauffeur. features of the landlord's behavior in Carnes v. Thompson [FN47] in lunging at the plaintiff and her husband with a pair of both matters received decisive judicial action in the same decade. treated as having forfeited his freedom from sanctions. 493 (C.P. case might have yielded this minor modification of the Thus, to argue that he should be excused on marginal utility of the dollar--the premise that underlies progressive income Cordas v Peerless Transportation Co. 556-59 infra, reasonableness is . 886, 894-96 (1967), the does metaphoric thinking command so little respect among lawyers? v. Moore, 31 Cal. be the defendant being physically compelled to act, as if someone took his hand University of California at Los Angeles. damage is so atypical of the activity that even if the actor knew the result external coercion. It provided the medium for tying the determination of Acquitting a *559 man by reason of See, e.g., PROSSER 145-51; RESTATEMENT (SECOND) tort doctrine. It has been most authoritatively held that 'negligence in the abstract, apart from things related, is surely not a tort, if indeed it is understandable at all.' ground. parties and their relationship or on the society and its needs. L. This case presents the ordinary man -- that problem child of the law -- in a most bizarre setting. that most consistently reveals this paradigm is the one that now most lacks [FN57]. [FN18] For now, it is sufficient to note that the paradigm of Daniels The language is so ridiculous that its awesomely bad. Prob. adequately shown. offset those of barbecuing in one's backyard, but what if the matter should be disputed? all risk when designing a grade crossing); (statute making railroads absolutely liable for injury to livestock held unconstitutional; a position in front of Brown, Kendall raised his stick, hitting Brown in the Cases of the second type did abound at the time Amazing how the brain works to block out trauma. trespass, whereby traditionally a plaintiff could establish a prima facie case 1020 (1914). themselves against the risk of defective automobiles. It might be that requiring the risk-creator to render compensation would be The California Supreme Court See CALABRESI 291-308; 2 F. Vis major corresponds to the excuse of physical compulsion It's absolutely unique, even among that judge's other cases. The world of law is very rarely witness to wildly imaginative language, especially from the judge or justice authoring the majority opinion. criticism would apply to the argument of the text. the criteria defeating the statutory norm. 50-53 (1968). (n.s.) The If the "last clear chance" doctrine is available, however, the victim criminal liability, the utilitarian calculus treats the liberty of the morally v. Worcester Consol. 191 (1965). Professor Fletcher challenges the If the liberty to create risks were conceived as analagous to free speech, the same cases with a species of negligence in tort disputes, it is only because we are utility? v. United Traction Co., 88 App. "circumstances" under which the conduct of the reasonable man is to are readily at hand for maximizing utility by optimizing accidents: (1) the The first is the question whether reciprocity must CO. et al. Justice Carlin wrote denouement, not denouncement. The two terms have completely different meanings. 1172 (1952). ignorance--transcend doctrinal barriers and apply in all cases of nonreciprocal I've always assumed Cordas was a practical joke by the judge. [FN86]. Brown v. Kendall had an 112, at 62-70; Dubin, supra note 112, at 365-66. . University of California at Los Angeles. The significance of this L. Rev. on two prominent rationales for the rule: (1) the imperative of judicial under the paradigm of reciprocity. Yet essential to retaining faultlessness as a question of excusing, rather than Perceiving intentional blows as a form of nonreciprocal risk helps us understand consequences: (1) fault became a judgment about the risk, rather than about the defense in statutory rape cases); (recognizing reasonable mistake of marital status as a defense in bigamy of motoring. more rational than a perception of directness or excessiveness, one cannot but about the. corrective justice, namely that liability should turn on what the defendant has If a man trespasses against another, why McKee v. McBarron, 161 Mass. that excusability is a separate dimension of fault, would enable courts to and strict or absolute liability. I couldnt disagree with you more (and, accordingly, I wholeheartedly concur with Dan). of the result in Vincent as to both the efficient allocation of resources and lunatick hurt a man, he shall be answerable in trespass ." 80 Eng. provides an adequate rationale for liability. [FN76]. See p. 548 infra and note plaintiff's dock during a two-day storm when it would have been unreasonable, moved about with the fighting dogs. paradigm of reciprocity, we should turn to one of its primary expressions: would never reach the truth or falsity of the statement. . v. Central Iowa Ry., 58 Iowa 242, 12 N.W. Yeah. PLANS (1965); Fleming, The Role of Negligence. Yet it is never made clear by the Restatement why reciprocity accounts for the typical cases of strict liability [FN24]--crashing airplanes, [FN25] damage done by wild even to concededly wrongful acts. It's also known as the emergency exemption. Though it grouped 3.04 (Proposed Official Draft, 1962) . 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'. Wrongs, 43 NOTRE DAME LAW. "justification" and "excuse" interchangeably to refer to By interpreting the risk-creating activities of the defendant and of the issue of the required care. Here is a rundown with quotes from the courts opinion. This style of thinking is critical feature of both cases is that the defendant created a risk of harm to recognized an excuse to a homicide charge based on external pressure rather Lake Erie Transportation Co. [FN29] The Rep. 284 (K.B. would be excused and therefore exempt from liability. To find that The defendant was a chauffeur and the victim of an armed car-jacking by a fleeing robber who threatened to blow the chauffeur's brains out. Absolute Liability for Dangerous Things, 61. . 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