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

Resource 3 . 1 . 2

13 minutes

Siegler v. Kuhlman ("The Mysterious Exploding Gasoline Truck Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

How does this court argue that strict liability is warranted? What does it focus on? Is this an easy or a hard case to decide?

Washington Supreme Court

81 Wash. 2d 448

No. 41696

1972-11-15

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