Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised)

Resource 6 . 1 . 1

12 minutes

MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. ("The Manufactured Car Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

What rule of law does Justice Cardozo alter in this case? What is the new rule according to this landmark decision?

New York Court of Appeals

217 N.Y. 382

1916-03-14

This book, and all H2O books, are Creative Commons licensed for sharing and re-use with the exception of certain excerpts. Any excerpts from the Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, and the Model Penal Code are copyright by The American Law Institute. Excerpts are reproduced with permission, not as part of a Creative Commons license.