The "but-for" rule.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

So, today in Torts class we learned all about the "but-for" rule, which goes like this: "But for defendant's (negligence of some sort), plaintiff would have not sustained (injury of some sort). The teacher opened the class by asking "What is the 'but-for' rule." I had to keep myself from cracking up. Every time someone said "but-for" I kept thinking "What is the Butt For?" And I wanted so badly to scream out "FOR POOPING, SILLY!"

It's a damn good thing I don't have Turret's.