Torts!

Resource 11 . 2 . 1

4 minutes

Platz v. The City of Cohoes : "The Sunday Carriage Accident"

Jonathan Zittrain,

Jordi Weinstock

Should courts consider the objective of the statute when negligence per se is invoked?

New York Court of Appeals

89 N.Y. 219

1882-05-30

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