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

Fisher v. Carrousel Motor Hotel, Inc. ("The Slapped Plate Case")

Be aware! This case may be hard to read, as it involves the use of an offensive racial epithet by the defendant. I have not edited the case's language in order to present it as it was written, and because the epithet plays a role in exhibiting the legal principle of the case, as well as exhibiting the wider principle that tort cases often confront the racial dynamics of the society that give rise to them.