Vosburg v Putney

1. Vosburg v Putney Putney kicked Vosburg in the leg (which was already broken). The further injury incurred by the kick caused Vosburg to lose the use of his leg permanently. OW! Case established the “eggshell skull rule,” which states that a reasonable person performing an action that would cause harm to a person is still liable for all of the damage caused, even if the victim is more susceptible to a certain type of injury. This precedent may be important to me if I ever incur an injury from a person in a fragile area of my person. If this precedent did not exist, winning such a tort would be a more difficult task.

2. Vaughn V. Menlove The defendant built a haystack with suspect techniques near the plaintiff’s property. The plaintiff repeatedly warned the defendant that the haystack appeared unsafe. The haystack ignited and damaged some of the plaintiff’s property. Looks safe to me. This case established the reasonable person standard. The courts reasoned that the individuals person sense of negligence varied too greatly, so a standard of a reasonable person must be used. This case ruling is important to me because I am held to the standards of “reasonable people.” I can not use my own, personalized set of moral values as a legal defence.