Falgout v. Wardlaw’s Empirical Analysis
1982
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Relationships
Relies on Loescher v. Parr · Langlois v. Allied Chemical Corporation · 399 So. 2d 559 - Dorry v. LaFleur · 411 So. 2d 1206 - Carpenter v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. · Daire v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co.
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“only where the policy considerations imposing the liability on the defendant in the first place are not present, such as where the defendant’s conduct is not ultrahazardous, not abnormally dangerous, is not that of a manufacturer whose product causes injury, and is not commercial in the sense that it is designed to render a profit. Where these policy considerations are not present victim fault includes contributory negligence. Dorry, supra; Carpenter, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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