Abstract
The sad story of Menlove, the defendant in the English case Vaughn v. Menlove is well known to all first-year torts students. Menlove was born, according to his lawyer, with the “misfortune of not possessing the highest order of intelligence,” and, as a result did something quite imprudent with flammable material that no person of average or typical intelligence (or judgment) would have done, resulting in a fire that damaged the plaintiff, his neighbor.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-19-2019
Publisher
Jotwell: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)
Disciplines
Law | Torts
Recommended Citation
Sebok, Anthony J., "I Pity the Fool: Ori Herstein’s Defense of the Klutz" (2019). Faculty Online Publications. 69.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty-online-pubs/69
