Torts!

Resource 8 . 3 . 1

10 minutes

Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co. : "The Driver Who Failed to Step Out and Look Around"

Jonathan Zittrain,

Jordi Weinstock

Should judges impose strict rules defining reasonable conduct in dangerous or unusual situations or should they defer to the jury?

Supreme Court of the United States

292 U.S. 98, 78 L. Ed. 1149, 54 S. Ct. 580, SCDB 1933-114, 1934 U.S. LEXIS 701

No. 585

1934-04-02

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