Laird v. Travelers Insurance Company

Decided 1972-10-05

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DIXON, Justice (dissenting). I respectfully dissent. The majority opinion finds Laird negligent (guilty of “criminal negligence”) and his negligence to be a “cause-in-fact” of the accident, but excuses him from civil liability because he owed no duty to Hare, the following motorist. Why ? Is it because Hare was more negligent than Laird? The majority only says that “under the circumstances” La…

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