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Article
I Pity the Fool: Ori Herstein’s Defense of the Klutz
Faculty Online Publications
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)
Citation Information
Anthony J. Sebok. "I Pity the Fool: Ori Herstein’s Defense of the Klutz" (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anthony-sebok/324/