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Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised)
Resource 4 . 2 . 2 . 3 . 10 . 3 . 2
8 minutes

Wlasiuk v. McElwee ("The Hitchhiker Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

Notice how this court elaborates on the duty analysis. Why does it find a duty in this case? And can the facts of this case be distinguished from the preceding case, the couple case? Does being the driver of a car with passengers create a special relationship?

New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
334 N.J. Super. 661, 760 A.2d 829
2000-11-01

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