Title

I Pity the Fool: Ori Herstein’s Defense of the Klutz

Authors

Anthony J. Sebok, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawFollow

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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). Online Publications. 69.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty-online-pubs/69