Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised for Fall '24)

Resource 3 . 2 . 1

11 minutes

Trager v. Thor ("The Dog Bite Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

What is scienter, can you tell from the opinion? What are the elements for a "strict liablity" claim for injury done by an animal?

Michigan Supreme Court

445 Mich. 95

Docket No. 96434

1994-05-17

This book, and all H2O books, are Creative Commons licensed for sharing and re-use with the exception of certain excerpts. Any excerpts from the Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, and the Model Penal Code are copyright by The American Law Institute. Excerpts are reproduced with permission, not as part of a Creative Commons license.