Torts II

Restatement Second of Torts § 520

Restatement Second of Torts § 520

Abnormally Dangerous Activities

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In determining whether an activity is abnormally dangerous, the following factors are to be considered:

1. existence of a high degree of risk of some harm to the person, land or chattels of others;
2. likelihood that the harm that results from it will be great;
3. inability to eliminate the risk by the exercise of reasonable care;
4. extent to which the activity is not a matter of common usage;
5. inappropriateness of the activity to the place where it is carried on; and
6. extent to which its value to the community is outweighed by its dangerous attributes.