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

Resource 4 . 3 . 2 . 4

9 minutes

Trimarco v. Klein ("The Shattered Bathtub Glass Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

When is custom relevant to establishing the defendant's breach or compliance with duty? Were those requirements satisfied in this case?

New York Court of Appeals

56 N.Y.2d 98

1982-05-20

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