Negligence and Liability Without Fault in Tort Law
Peck, Cornelius J.
Citation analytics
How this journal article sits in the citation network, derived from CiteLaw's graph of published opinions.
Citations by decade
Courts citing this journal article
Most recently cited by4
- 1991Klein v. Pyrodyne Corp. Wash.
- 1977Langan v. Valicopters, Inc. Wash.
- 1976Bridgeford v. U-Haul Co. Neb.
- 1972Siegler v. Kuhlman Wash.
Counts reflect decisions in the CiteLaw corpus and may lag very recent opinions.
Abstract
Though negligence is emphasized as a basis for determining liability in tort law, Professor Peck points out that liability without fault has always played a major role in that area and, in fact, underlies most torts which are recognized today. After examining these types of torts and distilling some general principles governing the application of liability without fault, he concludes that these principles are also applicable to automobile accident litigation, thus predicting the demise of negligence as a principle of liability in that field.