Samuel D. Thurman (1913–1995) was an American lawyer, having been Distinguished Professor at

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. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from University of Utah in 1988. Thurman was born and raised in Salt Lake City. His father was also a lawyer. He received his law degree from

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, after which he was for a time in private practice with his father. Thurman was a member of the academic advisory committee of the Second Restatement of Torts.RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OFTORTS (1965). In the early 1980s, he was a professor at Pepperdine University's School of Law, where he taught tort law. Thurman was a

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