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88: Weirdest (and Worst?) Deaths in Tort Law.

Rebuttal

Show Notes

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Not the most famous plaintiff deaths, but a few you’ve probably never heard of (unless you’re a law student with a Palsgraf-hating Torts professor): A rescue at sea, a drunk man at on a tarmac, a rodent explosion, and an investment banker who never pays his debts.

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CITATIONS:

United States v. Lawter, 219 F.2d 559 (5th Cir. 1955)

Boyette v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., 954 S.W.2d 350 (Mo. Ct. App. 1997)

United Novelty Co. Inc. v. Daniels (Miss. 1949)

Whitehouse v. RBC Dominion Securities Inc. (2006), 400 A.R. 209 (QB)

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