Zeidman v. Fisher
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Zeidman gets hit in the face by golfball (defendant), superior court
reversed findings of trial court (saying plaintiff should have level of
assumption of risk when walking on golf course) saying that he did not 1.
fully understand the risk 2. voluntarily chose to encounter it and 3. manifest
a willingness to accept the known risk
, Helmburg v. ATO
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Helmburg sues frat and frat member for negligence and wins
Plsagraf v. Long Island RR
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Plsagraf was standing on platform about to catch a train. A man dropped
fireworks while attempting to board the train and the explosion hurt
Plsagraf- she sued railroad for negligence
- Railroad could not have reasonably foreseen that the package was going
to explode, therefore was not liable for negligence
Leonard v. Pepsico
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-Pepsi Co advertised an advert for their "Pepsi Points" where you could
send in points and attempt to redeem a Harrier jet. A man had not
collected 7,000,000 points that were needed to redeem the harrier jet but
instead sent in $700,008.50 as permitted by contest rules. The man had 15
existing points, he paid $.10 per point as well as the remaining shipping and
handling fee
-Pepsi Co refused to pay for the harrier jet and the man sued for fraud and
breach of contract
-The courts ruled that the advertisement did not lead the man to be able to
believe Pepsi Co would convey a $23 million jet for $700,000 and that as
the value of the contract fell underneath the "Statute of Frauds" it was
required for both parties to form a written agreement. As this was not
Give this one a try later!
Zeidman gets hit in the face by golfball (defendant), superior court
reversed findings of trial court (saying plaintiff should have level of
assumption of risk when walking on golf course) saying that he did not 1.
fully understand the risk 2. voluntarily chose to encounter it and 3. manifest
a willingness to accept the known risk
, Helmburg v. ATO
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Helmburg sues frat and frat member for negligence and wins
Plsagraf v. Long Island RR
Give this one a try later!
Plsagraf was standing on platform about to catch a train. A man dropped
fireworks while attempting to board the train and the explosion hurt
Plsagraf- she sued railroad for negligence
- Railroad could not have reasonably foreseen that the package was going
to explode, therefore was not liable for negligence
Leonard v. Pepsico
Give this one a try later!
-Pepsi Co advertised an advert for their "Pepsi Points" where you could
send in points and attempt to redeem a Harrier jet. A man had not
collected 7,000,000 points that were needed to redeem the harrier jet but
instead sent in $700,008.50 as permitted by contest rules. The man had 15
existing points, he paid $.10 per point as well as the remaining shipping and
handling fee
-Pepsi Co refused to pay for the harrier jet and the man sued for fraud and
breach of contract
-The courts ruled that the advertisement did not lead the man to be able to
believe Pepsi Co would convey a $23 million jet for $700,000 and that as
the value of the contract fell underneath the "Statute of Frauds" it was
required for both parties to form a written agreement. As this was not
