Part A:
Intentional Torts and Privileges
CHAPTER 1:
Intentional Interferences with Persons or Property
§ 1.01 Intent
§ 1.02 Battery
§ 1.03 Assault
§ 1.04 False Imprisonment
§ 1.05 Trespass to Chattel and Conversion
§ 1.06 Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress
CHAPTER 2:
Privileges to Intentional Torts
§2.01 Consent
§ 2.02 Self-Defense
§ 2.03 Defense of Others
§ 2.04 Defense and Recovery of Property
§ 2.05 Necessity
Part B:
Negligence
CHAPTER 3:
The Negligence Concept and the Reasonable Person Standard of Care
§ 3.01 Overview
§ 3.02 Historical Development
§ 3.03 Standard of Care
§ 3.04 The Reasonable Person
§ 3.05 The Child Standard of Care
§ 3.06 Degrees of Negligence
CHAPTER 4:
The Determination of Unreasonableness: Breach of Duty, Custom and the Role of the Jury
§ 4.01 Overview
§ 4.02 The Risk Calculus
§ 4.03 The Role of Custom
§ 4.04 The Jury Role
CHAPTER 5:
Proof of Breach
§ 5.01 Overview
§ 5.02 Kinds of Evidence
§ 5.03 Slip and Fall Cases and the Role of Constructive Notice
§ 5.04 Res Ipsa Loquitur
CHAPTER 6:
Statutory Standards of Care - "Negligence Per Se"
§ 6.01 Overview
§ 6.02 Factors Used for Determining the Propriety of Adopting a Statute As the Standard of Care
§ 6.03 Effects of Non-Adoption and of Adoption of Statute
§ 6.04 The Role of Excuse
§ 6.05 Negligence Per Se and Children
§ 6.06 Compliance with Statute
§ 6.07 Criticisms of the Negligence Per Se Doctrine
CHAPTER 7:
Professional Negligence
§ 7.01 Overview
§ 7.02 Medical Malpractice
§ 7.03 Informed Consent
§ 7.04 Attorney Malpractice
CHAPTER 8:
Duty in Negligence Cases
§ 8.01 Overview
§ 8.02 Nonfeasance
§ 8.03 The Limits of the Misfeasance/Nonfeasance Distinction
§ 8.04 The Forseeable Plaintiff Requirement
§ 8.05 Conclusion
CHAPTER 9:
Land Occupier Duty
§ 9.01 Overview
§ 9.02 The Common Law Status Approach
§ 9.03 A Unitary Standard
§ 9.04 Land Possessor Duty to Those Outside the Land
§ 9.05 Landlord-Tenant Relations
CHAPTER 10:
Duty Limited By Kind of Harm
§ 10.01 Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
§ 10.02 Wrongful Conception, Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life
§ 10.03 Loss of Consortium, Wrongful Death, and Survival
§ 10.04 Negligently Inflicted Economic Loss
Part C:
General Concepts
CHAPTER 11:
Cause-in-Fact
§ 11.01 Overview
§ 11.02 "But For" Analysis
§ 11.03 Substantial Factor Test
§ 11.04 Proof Problems in Cause-in-Fact
CHAPTER 12:
Proximate or Legal Cause
§ 12.01 Overview
§ 12.02 The Problem Proximate Cause Addresses
§ 12.03 Proximate Cause Tests
§ 12.04 Policy Objectives Addressed By Proximate Cause
CHAPTER 13:
Joint & Several Liability
§ 13.01 Overview and Definition
§ 13.02 Joint Tortfeasors
§ 13.03 Special Problems After Comparative Fault
CHAPTER 14:
Damages
§ 14.01 Overview
§ 14.02 Property Damages
§ 14.03 Personal Injury
§ 14.04 Mitigation or the Doctrine of Avoidable Consequences
§ 14.05 Punitive Damages
§ 14.06 Collateral Source Rule
CHAPTER 15:
Defenses
§ 15.01 Overview
§ 15.02 Contributory Negligence
§ 15.03 Comparative Negligence
§ 15.04 Assumption of Risk
§ 15.05 Immunities
Part D:
Liability Without Fault and Product Liabilities
CHAPTER 16:
Strict Liability
§ 16.01 Overview
§ 16.02 Strict Liability for Injuries Caused By Animals
§ 16.03 Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities
CHAPTER 17:
Products Liability
§ 17.01 What is Products Liability?
§ 17.02 Negligence
§ 17.03 Warranties
§ 17.04 Strict Liability in Tort
§ 17.05 The Duty to Warn
§ 17.06 Strict Products Liability for Misrepresentation
§ 17.07 The Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability
Part E:
Other Torts
CHAPTER 18:
Nuisance and Trespass
§ 18.01 Nuisance
§ 18.02 Trespass
CHAPTER 19:
Economic Torts
§ 19.01 Fraudulent Misrepresentation
§ 19.02 Intentional Interference with Contract and Intentional Interferance with Economic Expectation
§ 19.03 Tortious Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
CHAPTER 20:
Misuse of Legal Processes
§ 20.01 Overview
§ 20.02 Malicious Prosecution and Malicious Institution of Civil Proceedings: Definition
§ 20.03 Immunity of Public Officials
§ 20.04 Interaction Between False Imprisonment and Malicious Prosecution and Malicious Institution of Civil Proceedings
§ 20.05 Abuse of Process
CHAPTER 21:
Defamation
§ 21.01 Overview
§ 21.02 Common Law Defamation
§ 21.03 Constitutional Constraints
CHAPTER 22:
Invasion of Privacy
§ 22.01 Overview
§ 22.02 Intrusion Upon Seclusion
§ 22.03 Appropriation of Name or Picture and the Right of Publicity
§ 22.04 False Light
§ 22.05 Public Disclosure of Private Facts
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