Causation and responsibility are interrelated, crucial, and yet puzzling concepts in law. With tort scholar Shahar Dillbary, we explore situations in which spectators “cause” accidents in a drag race that they merely witness and in which the more tortfeasors there are, the better. Also, burning Christian’s car and an update on Joe’s recent cold.

This show’s links:


Shahar Dillbary’s faculty profile and writing
The Election Profit-Makers Podcast
Shahar Dillbary, Causation Actually
About the Learned Hand formula for negligence
Shahar Dillbary, Tortfest
Special Guest: Shahar Dillbary.

Episode 114: Tort Festivity

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We discuss the morality of concurring and dissenting. And the usual nonsense.

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Joe and Christian talk about the pandemic and, then, some nonsense.

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We discuss the march on the Capitol and... all this.

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Joe lowers the boom, and we start talking. In the 213th episode of this very serious podcast, we discuss: scams, flight simulators, flight, K2, Joe's blue cheese odyssey, olives, the nature of expertise, nihilism, and the adversary system. And other things as well.

Episode 114: Tort Festivity

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