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

Resource 4 . 2 . 2 . 2 . 1

6 minutes

Heath v. Swift Wings, Inc. ("The Controlled Landing Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

Why was a new trial required in this case? Is the reason that the reasonable person standard is not adequate in this case?

North Carolina Court of Appeals

40 N.C. App. 158

No. 7824SC367

1979-03-06

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