Tort Law - Negligence - Fire Hazard - Legal Cause

Authors

Martin Singer

Abstract

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that maintaining a dilapidated structure can create a fire hazard and hence may breach a duty owed to adjoining property owners, and if a conflagration erupts, it is for the jury to decide whether that condition constitutes the legal cause of the resulting harm.

Ford v. Jeffries, 474 Pa. 588, 379 A.2d 111 (1977).

First Page

853

Recommended Citation

Martin Singer, Tort Law - Negligence - Fire Hazard - Legal Cause, 16 Duq. L. Rev. 853 (1978).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol16/iss4/20