Intentional Torts
High school student only intended "to bump" his friend with his truck
McElhaney v. Thomas
Girl pushed away another girl who came within inches of her face and yelled
Grimes v. Saban
Fourteen-year-old student driver held to reasonable standard of adult
Stevens v. Veenstra
Plaintiff thrown from horse while avoiding obstruction
Butterfield v. Forrester
Cardozo coined his famous phrase, "danger invites rescue," in
Wagner v. International Railway
Mentally ill person did not commit a battery because he did not intend the contact to be harmful or offensive
Wagner v. State
Security guard placed suspected shoplifter in a chokehold
Gortarez v. Smitty's Super
Defendant invoked sudden emergency doctrine when she skidded to center lane to avoid hitting a moose
Getchell v. Lodge
Man hit in eye by hotdog launcher during baseball game
Coomer v. Kansas City Royals
Boy injured girl when he dropped a cinder block from several stories up
Ruiz v. Victory Properties
Father threatened to "jump astraddle" a man who attempted to court his daughter
Cullison v. Medley
Nurse implicitly consented to teasing contact
Wulf v. Kunnath
Barge broke free from tug boat and collided with tanker
United States v. Carroll Towing
Rowland v. Christian
Dillon v. Legg
Walmart employees falsely imprisoned mother and her children by pretending to call the police
McCann v. Walmart
Mayor destroyed a house to stop raging fire from destroying more houses
Surocco v. Geary
Defendant was found to operate a "knock down truck" to replace poles knocked down by vehicles
Bernier v. Boston Edison Co.
Railing on second floor balcony gave way while plaintiff attempted to move a springbox
Pagelsdorf v. Safeco
Walgreens manager who frequently traveled for company business negligently started a fire while compiling expense report in hotel room
Edgewater Motels v. Gatzke
Holocaust victim's family sued to recover converted artwork
Reif v. Nagy
Family took shelter on defendant's dock during violent storm
Ploof v. Putnam
Plaintiff walking down the street when a barrel of flour fell from the window of an adjacent shop and on to him
Byrne v. Boadle
Exception for sole instrument being in possession of defendant for Res Ipsa
Ybarra v. Spangard
Man who slipped in McDonald's bathroom could not hold McDonald's liable because franchisee was not agent of employer
O'Banner v. McDonald's Corp.