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ultrahazardous activity

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ultrahazardous activity n. an action or process which is so inherently dangerous that the person or entity conducting the activity is "strictly liable" for any injury caused by the activity. Examples: working with high explosives or conducting a professional auto race on public streets.
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Some courts hesitate to award damages against the government when its conduct creates a trespass resulting from an ultrahazardous activity.
Takings, torts and turmoil: reviewing the authority requirement of ... by Silversmith, Jed Michael / UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
In January 1995, relatives of people killed or hurt by handguns sued 49 firearms manufacturers in federal court, alleging negligent marketing, design defect, ultrahazardous activity, and fraud.
Top New York court finds gun makers not liable by Scarlett, Thomas / Trial
30) That is why the liability rule for ordinary torts often leans toward strict liability, sometimes by adopting that standard outright, as in cases of ultrahazardous activity,(31) and sometimes by administering the negligence standard in ways that push it in that direction.
Disaggregating constitutional torts by Jeffries, John C., Jr. / Yale Law Journal
 
 
 
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