Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised)

Resource 4 . 3 . 1 . 6

11 minutes

Dobson v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. ("The Tree Trimmer Electrocution Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

How does this court use the Hand formula to evaluate the contributory negligence of the plaintiff rather than the negligence of the defendant?

Louisiana Supreme Court

567 So. 2d 569

Nos. 89-C-2894, 89-C-2931

1990-09-06

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