Torts!

Resource 11 . 2 . 4

5 minutes

Robinson v. District of Columbia : "The Jaywalking Custom Case"

Jonathan Zittrain,

Jordi Weinstock

If a particular statute is flouted by the custom of the public, should courts still rely upon the statute for the purposes of negligence per se?

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

580 A.2d 1255

No. 88-923

1990-05-08

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