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Torts - Fall 2015 Reading Group
Resource 17 . 4
8 minutes

Torchia v. Fisher

Samantha Bates,
Jonathan Zittrain

How should courts interpret statutes that impose strict liability? Should public policy affect how courts construe strict liability statutes? Defendant's airplane was stolen by Fisher. Fisher crashed the stolen plane into the plaintiff's house, injuring the plaintiff. At trial, the plaintiff argued that the defendant was liable for Fisher's crash, under a state statute which imposed absolute liability on aircraft owners.

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