English and American tort law grew independently from shared industrial causes

Evidence

It is probably not quite accurate to talk about English influence. Tort law was a product of the industrial revolution. England here had a head start; problems emerged there first, and so did their tentative legal solutions. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2680

Categorization

• XREF: Complicates the transatlantic-borrowing narrative of ch48 printed reports and shared state common law. — connects to: Pro-enterprise tort rules reflected broad consensus rather than judicial conspiracy — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1799; Nineteenth-century courts shifted tort law toward negligence to favor industrial growth — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3405; Technological control over risk expanded legal rights and lawsuits (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Nineteenth-century courts shifted tort law toward negligence to favor industrial growth #corroborates (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3405
• Technological control over risk expanded legal rights and lawsuits #expands (0.80)
• Common-law systems share features derived from English law and practice. #qualifies (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 106
• Technological change creates personal-relations harms that rigid common-law rules cannot address #complicates (0.75) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 1127