Examples & Explanations: The Law of Torts

Front Matter
	Editorial Advisors
	Title Page
	Copyright Page
	About Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
	Dedication
	Contents
	Preface to Students
	Acknowledgments
	Special Notice
Part I. Intentional Torts
	Chapter 1. Fundamental Protections: The Tort of Battery
	Chapter 2. The Action for Assault: A Tort Ahead of Its Time
	Chapter 3. Protecting the Right of Possession: Trespass to Land
	Chapter 4. Dueling Remedies: Trespass to Chattels and Conversion
	Chapter 5. False Imprisonment: Protecting Freedom of Movement
	Chapter 6. The Far Side of the Coin: Classic Defenses to Intentional Torts
Part II. The Concept of Negligence
	Chapter 7. That Odious Character: The Reasonable Person
	Chapter 8. Borrowing Standards of Care: Violation of Statute as Negligence
	Chapter 9. A Phrase in Latin: Res Ipsa Loquitur
Part III. The Causation Enigma
	Chapter 10. Reconstructing History: Determining ‘‘Cause in Fact’’
	Chapter 11. Risks Reconsidered: Complex Issues in Establishing Factual Cause
	Chapter 12. Drawing a Line Somewhere: Proximate Cause
Part IV. The Duty Element
	Chapter 13. The Elusive Element of Duty: Two Principles in Search of an Exception
	Chapter 14. Vicarious Displeasure: Claims for Indirect Infliction of Emotional Distress and Loss of Consortium
	Chapter 15. Caveat Actor: Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities
	Chapter 16. Strict Products Liability: Basic Theories of Recovery
	Chapter 17. More Products Liability: Common ‘‘Defenses’’ to Strict Products Liability Claims
Part V. Damages for Personal Injury
	Chapter 18. Personal Injury Damages: The Elements of Compensation
	Chapter 19. Compensating Somebody: Wrongful Death and Survival Actions
Part VI. Interlude: Pleading a Personal Injury Case
	Chapter 20. Some Legal Anatomy: Thinking Like a Tort Lawyer
Part VII. Liability of Multiple Defendants
	Chapter 21. Joint and Several Liability: The Classic Rules
	Chapter 22. Honor Among Thieves: Basic Principles of Contribution
	Chapter 23. Please Pass the Liability: Respondeat Superior and Nondelegable Duties
Part VIII. The Effect of Plaintiff’s Conduct
	Chapter 24. The Once and Future Defense: Assumption of the Risk
	Chapter 25. Casting the Second Stone: Comparative Negligence
	Chapter 26. The Fracturing of the Common Law: Loss Allocation in the Comparative Negligence Era
Part IX. Taking a Torts Essay Exam
	Chapter 27. The Pot at the End of the Rainbow: Analyzing Torts Issues on an Essay Exam
	Chapter 28. Dandelions in the Bluebook Garden: Six Classic Exam Writing Mistakes
	Chapter 29. Practice Makes Perfect: Examples and Explanations
Index