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

Resource 4 . 4 . 2 . 4 . 2

6 minutes

Cowart v. Jones ("The Defective Crane Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

In this case, the suit is by the plaintff decedent's wife against the company that leased a defective crane to the plaintiff's employer. If those are the parties, why does this court focus on the conduct of a non-party--the employer?

Arkansas Supreme Court

250 Ark. 881, 467 S.W.2d 710

5-5549

1971-06-07

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