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

Resource 2 . 3 . 1 . 3 . 2

6 minutes

Ruiz v. Forman ("The Swerve Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

Did the defendant do the right thing in this case? Must he pay damages?

Texas Courts of Civil Appeals

514 S.W.2d 817

No. 6378

1974-10-09

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