| Brown v. Kendall | |
|---|---|
| Court | Supreme Court of Massachusetts |
| Full case name | George Brown vs. George K. Kendall |
| Decided | October 1850 |
| Citation | 60 Mass. 292, 6 Cush. 292 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Lemuel Shaw |
| Case opinions | |
| reversed the judgment in favor of the claimant and ordered a new trial | |
Brown v. Kendall, 60 Mass. 292 (1850), was a case credited as one of the first appearances of the reasonable person standard in United States tort law.