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· 3/22/1966

Liney v. Chestnut Motors, Inc.

Citations

  • 421 Pa. 26
  • 218 A.2d 336
  • 1966 Pa. LEXIS 609

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that criminal’s theft of car and subsequent reckless driving was unforeseeable to negligent garage
  • but see Cruz v. Middlekauff Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 909 P.2d 1252 (Utah 1996) (allowing for a common law cause of action against the car owner)
  • upholding demurrer in tort action based on remoteness

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Judges: Bell, Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts

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