Strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities in American law of torts in comparison with Turkish law

In American Tort Law, strict liability applies only if the activity creates a foreseeable and highly significant risk of physical harm even when reasonable care is exercised by all actors and is not one of common usage. However, due to the dominance of negligence in American Tort Law, courts tend to narrowly apply strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities. Reasonable care is the most important factor whereby court decisions tend to be in the direction of preventability of high risks by reasonable care. The "not a matter of common usage" factor limits the application of strict liability to a large extent as well. Act of the injured party, act of a third party, or act of God may be a defense. In Turkish Law of Obligations Art. 71 there is one general rule in which the terms related to riskiness of an act are similar to those of American Tort Law. In Turkish Law, highly significant risk should also be interpreted narrowly to avoid creating a general enterprise liability. In addition, however, the interpretation of the provision should be more in favor of the injured party than in American Tort Law.