TortsProf Blog

JOTWELL Torts: Bernstein on Tenzer on Social Media

At JOTWELL, Anita Bernstein reviews Leslie Y. Garfield Tenzer's Social Media and the Common Law.

JOTWELL Torts: Wriggins on Gold on Mandatory Landlord Insurance

At JOTWELL, Jenny Wriggins reviews Allyson Gold's Insuring Justice.

JOTWELL Torts: Nolan on Giliker on Vicarious Liability

At JOTWELL, Donal Nolan reviews Paula Giliker's Vicarious Liability in the Common Law World.

JOTWELL Contracts: Hoffman on Hylton on Waivers

At JOTWELL, David Hoffman reviews Keith Hylton's Waivers.

JOTWELL Torts: Sebok on Cheng, Guttel, & Procaccia on Waivers of Liability

At JOTWELL, Tony Sebok reviews Edward Cheng, Ehud Guttel, & Yuval Procaccia's Unenforceable Waivers.

JOTWELL Torts: Avraham on Adar & Perry on Negligence

At JOTWELL, Ronen Avraham reviews Yehuda Adar & Ronen Perry's Negligence Without Harm.

JOTWELL Torts: Tilley on Cardi & Chamallas on Negligent Rape

At JOTWELL, Cristina Tilley reviews Jonathan Cardi & Martha Chamallas's A Negligence Claim for Rape. 

The History of Wilkinson v. Downton

The 1897 English case of Wilkinson v. Downton is famous for establishing the equivalent of intentional infliction of emotional distress long before that was a viable cause of action in the United States.  The case involved a pub patron playing an attempted practical joke by telling the pub owner's wife that her husband, who was away at the races, was "smashed up" in an accident involving a horse-drawn vehicle.  The wife experienced traumatic emotional damages.

On the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) Blog, Professor Rachael Mulheron QC (Hon) of Queen Mary University of London Department of Law provides the background history of the case, including what became of the pub.

Thanks to David McFadden for the tip.

JOTWELL Torts: Bublick on Kendrick on Public Nuisance

At JOTWELL, Ellie Bublick reviews Leslie Kendrick's The Perils and Promise of Public Nuisance.

JOTWELL Torts: Lahav on Simon on Bankruptcy and Mass Torts

At JOTWELL, Alexandra Lahav reviews Lindsey Simon's Bankruptcy Grifters.

JOTWELL Torts: Steel on Stone on Liability without Wrongdoing

At JOTWELL, Sandy Steel reviews Rebecca Stone's Private Liability without Wrongdoing.

JOTWELL Con Law: Lidsky on Tilley on Defamation

At JOTWELL, Lyrissa Lidsky reviews Cristina Carmody Tilley's (Re)Categorizing Defamation.

JOTWELL Torts: Robinette on Abraham & White on Tort Law and the Construction of Change

At JOTWELL Torts, I review Ken Abraham and Ted White's Tort Law and the Construction of Change:  Studies in the Inevitability of History.

JOTWELL Torts: Engstrom on Burch & Lahav on Information Forcing

At JOTWELL Torts, Nora Freeman Engstrom reviews Elizabeth Chamblee Burch and Alexi Lahav's Information for the Common Good in Mass Torts.

JOTWELL Torts: Nolan on Geistfeld on Proximate Cause

At JOTWELL, Donal Nolan reviews Mark Geistfeld's Proximate Cause Untangled.

JOTWELL Torts: Sebok on Dana on Public Nuisance

At JOTWELL Torts, Tony Sebok reviews David Dana's Public Nuisance Law:  When Politics Fail. 

JOTWELL Torts: Goldberg on Cornell on Negligence

At JOTWELL Torts, John Goldberg reviews Nicolas Cornell's Looking and Seeing.

JOTWELL Torts: Keating on Engstrom & Rabin on Public Health Litigation

At JOTWELL Torts, Greg Keating reviews Nora Engstrom and Bob Rabin's Pursuing Public Health Through Litigation:  Lessons from Tobacco and Opioids.

JOTWELL Jurisprudence: Jimenez on Steel on the Fairness Argument for Tort Law

At JOTWELL Jurisprudence, Felipe Jimenez reviews Sandy Steel's On the Moral Necessity of Tort Law:  The Fairness Argument.

JOTWELL Torts: Avraham on Cheng et al. on Sequencing in Damages

Over at JOTWELL Torts, Ronen Avraham reviews Sequencing in Damages by Edward Cheng, Ehud Guttel & Yuval Procaccia.