Ivins v. Celotex Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Goldsboro Christian Schools, Inc. v. United States · 318 Pa. Super. 90 - Delahanty v. First Pennsylvania Bank, N.A. · Feld v. Merriam · Martin v. Johns-Manville Corp. · Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Most-quoted passages
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“In order that an actor's conduct may be reckless, it is not necessary that he himself recognize it as being extremely dangerous.... It is enough that he knows or has reason to know of circumstances which would bring home to the realization of the ordinary reasonable man the highly dangerous character of his conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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