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48 Baylor L. Rev. 341 (1996)
A Goals-Oriented Approach to Strict Tort Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities

handle is hein.journals/baylr48 and id is 351 raw text is: A GOALS-ORIENTED APPROACH TO STRICT TORT LIABILITY FOR ABNORMALLY DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES' Joseph H. King, Jr.* TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 342 II. DEVELOPMENT OF STRICT LIABILITY FOR DANGEROUS A CTIV ITIES ..................................................................................... 343 A. Evolution of Strict Liability for Dangerous Activities ............ 343 B. Goals of Strict Tort Liability .................................................. 349 1. Loss-Spreading ................................................................. 350 2. Loss Avoidance (or Risk Reduction) ............................... 352 3. Loss Allocation (or Internalization) ................................. 356 4. Administrative Efficiency ................................................ 358 5. F airness ............................................................................. 359 6. Protection of Individual Autonomy ................................. 360 C. Evaluation of Section 520 in Light of the Goals of Strict Tort L iability ........................................................................... 361 1. Overview of Section 520 .................................................. 361 2. Evaluation of Section 520 Factors ................................... 363 a. Incidence or Frequency of Risk ................................. 363 b. Magnitude of the Harm Threatened .......................... 364 c. Inability to Eliminate the Risk ................................... 365 d Not a Matter of Common Usage ................................ 367 e. Inappropriateness ofActivity to Location ................. 369 f Value to the Community ............................................. 371 III. PROPOSED A PPROACH ................................................................... 373 A. Revising the Criteria for Strict Liability ................................. 373 1. Goal-Oriented Approach .................................................. 373 2. Knowledge Requirement .................................................. 377 3. Financial Interest of the Defendant .................................. 378 *I am indebted to Todd Photopulos, my research assistant, for his help with the citations in later drafts of this Article. The research for this Article was supported in part by summer research stipends from the University of Tennessee College of Law, for which I am grateful. UTK Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law. J.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1970.

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