Cratty v. Samuel Aceto & Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, where common knowledge indicated that the damage to plaintiffs home “was unusual and would not have occurred had due care been used,” res ipsa loquitur allowed an inference of negligence against a blaster engaged in nearby operations
• stating that “[t]here are no degrees of care”
• “It is nevertheless rare that damage is caused to adjoining property, if the blaster uses reasonable care that the law requires that he should use. This is common knowledge to every school boy and to every adult citizen.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).