Torts!

Resource 16 . 1 . 3

7 minutes

Anderson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.: "The Multiple Fires Case"

Jonathan Zittrain,

Jordi Weinstock

Should courts regard a defendant’s conduct as a liable cause of the plaintiff’s harm if the harm would have occurred irrespective of the defendant’s conduct?

Minnesota Supreme Court

146 Minn. 430

No. 21,855

1920-09-17

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