The Case of the Killer Toothbrush







  1. If a steel beam, holding up a roof, suddenly breaks (within normal use–no excessive snow weight or such), that would be a feasible tort. So, why not a toothbrush, which seems to have caused injury (that, according to your article, has not been contested)whose design did not hold up to reasonable use (and really, what kind of tooth brushing is there in the world that could break a typical toothbrush of good design?)?

    A good tort should address a hazard that afflicted one in order to save many others the same fate. It seems that, although a bit on the bizarre side, this is an example of such a tort.

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