Torts: Cases and Questions (Aspen Casebook Series)

Front Matter
	Editorial Advisors
	Title Page
	Copyright Page
	About Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
	Dedication
	Summary of Contents
	Table of Contents
	Preface to the Third Edition
	Preface to the First Edition
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Chapter 1. Intentional Torts: The Prima Facie Case
	Section A. Battery
		1. Intent and Volition
			Vosburg v. Putney
		2. Minimum Requirements
		3. Consent and Its Limits
			Mohr v. Williams
	Section B. Trespass
		Desnick v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
	Section C. Conversion
	Section D. False Imprisonment
		Restatement (Second) of Torts
	Section E. Assault
		Restatement (Second) of Torts
	Section F. Outrage
		Daniel J. Givelber, The Right to Minimum Social Decency and the Limits of Evenhandedness: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress by Outrageous Conduct
Chapter 2. Intentional Torts: Privileges
	Section A. Defense of Person and Property
		Katko v. Briney
	Section B. Private Necessity
		Ploof v. Putnam
		Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co.
	Section C. Public Necessity
	Section D. Discipline
Chapter 3. The Negligence Standard
	Section A. The Reasonable Person
		Restatement (Second) of Torts (1965)
		1. Mental Ability and Mental States
			Williams v. Hays
		2. Physical Infirmities
		3. Age
			Purtle v. Shelton
	Section B. Risks and Precautions
		United States v. Carroll Towing Co.
	Section C. Custom and the Problem of Medical Malpractice
		The T.J. Hooper
	Section D. Negligence Per Se: Criminal Statutes and Judge-Made Rules
		1. Violations of Criminal Statutes
			Martin v. Herzog
		2. Judge-Made Rules
			Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., The Common Law
	Section E. Res Ipsa Loquitur
		Byrne v. Boadle
		Judson v. Giant Powder Co.
		Ybarra v. Spangard
Chapter 4. Duties and Limitations
	Section A. Duties Arising from Affirmative Acts
		Yania v. Bigan
	Section B. Duties Arising from Undertakings
		Hurley v. Eddingfield
	Section C. Special Relationships
		1. Duties to Rescue or Assist Others
		2. Duties to Protect Others from Third Parties
			Restatement (Second) of Torts (1965)
			Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California
		3. The Public Duty Doctrine
	Section D. Duties Arising from the Occupation of Land
		1. Duties to Trespassers
		2. Duties to Licensees
		3. Duties to Invitees
	Section E. The Privity Limitation
		H. R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co.
	Section F. Pure Economic Losses
		Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint
	Section G. The Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
		Robb v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Chapter 5. Cause in Fact
	Section A. But-for Causation
		New York Central Railroad v. Grimstad
		Herskovits v. Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
	Section B. Alternative Liability
		Summers v. Tice
		Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories
	Section C. A Note on Apportionment
		1. The Decline of Joint and Several Liability
		2. Contribution
		3. Complications
Chapter 6. Proximate Causation (Scope of Liability)
	Section A. Remoteness and Foreseeability
		In re Polemis
		Overseas Tankship (U.K.) Ltd. v. Morts Dock & Engineering Co., Ltd. [The Wagon Mound (No. 1)]
	Section B. Intervening Causes
		Brauer v. New York Central & H.R.R. Co.
	Section C. Limitation of Duty: An Alternative Approach?
		Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
Chapter 7. Strict Liability
	Section A. Liability for Animals
		Behrens v. Bertram Mills Circus, Ltd.
	Section B. Rylands v. Fletcher
		Rylands v. Fletcher
	Section C. Abnormally Dangerous Activities
		Restatement (Second) of Torts (1965)
		Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co. v. American Cyanamid Co.
	Section D. Respondeat Superior
		Ira S. Bushey & Sons v. United States
Chapter 8. Products Liability
	Section A. Historical Development
		MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
		Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.
		Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
	Section B. Manufacturing Defects
		Restatement Third, Torts: Products Liability (1997)
		Welge v. Planters Lifesavers Co.
	Section C. Design Defects
		Restatement Third, Torts: Products Liability (1997)
		Dawson v. Chrysler Corp.
	Section D. Failure to Warn
		American Tobacco Co. v. Grinnell
		McMahon v. Bunn-O-Matic Corp.
Chapter 9. Damages
	Section A. Compensatory Damages
		1. Damage to Property
			United States v. Hatahley
		2. Lost Earnings
		3. Pain and Suffering; Emotional Distress; Hedonic Damages
	Section B. Punitive Damages
		Murphy v. Hobbs
		Kemezy v. Peters
		Cass R. Sunstein, How Law Constructs Preferences
Chapter 10. Defenses
	Section A. Contributory and Comparative Negligence
		McIntyre v. Balentine
	Section B. Express Assumption of Risk
	Section C. Primary Assumption of the Risk
		Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co.
	Section D. Secondary Assumption of the Risk and the Rise of Comparative Fault
		Marshall v. Ranne
Table of Cases
Index