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

Resource 5 . 1 . 1 . 1

10 minutes

Robb v. Pennsylvania Railroad ("The Just in the Nick of Time Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

What is the impact rule? Why does the court not support it?

Delaware Supreme Court

58 Del. 454

No. 97

1965-05-28

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