Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language *(Revised for Fall '25)

Resource 2 . 2 . 4

13 minutes

Parvi v. City of Kingston ("The Dropped Off Drunk Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

What does a “prison” look like? Must it have walls? Is the plaintiff’s consent valid despite the power imbalance and intoxication?

New York Court of Appeals

41 N.Y. 553

1977-04-05

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