Torts!

Resource 3 . 2 . 2

8 minutes

Garratt v. Dailey : "The Chair-Pulling Five Year Old"

Jonathan Zittrain,

Jordi Weinstock

Should defendants be liable if they knowingly expose the plaintiff to a near certainty of harmful contact? If so, should liability still be assigned even if the defendant did not act for the purpose of hurting the plaintiff?

Washington Supreme Court

46 Wash. 2d 197

No. 32841

1955-02-14

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