The Law of Torts

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ISBN: 9780314211873 | 031421187X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/1/2000

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A single-volume introduction to contemporary tort and injury law. This expert summary covers direct and intentional interference with person or property and explores their defenses. Reviews liabilities, damages, and the apportionment of responsibility among parties, and examines the criticism and choices in tort law. Economic and dignitary injury is considered as well.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Westlaw Overview

PART I. INTRODUCING TORT LAW

Introducing and Surveying Tort and Injury Law

(30)

Operating Conditions of Tort Law

(16)

PART II. PHYSICAL INTERFERENCE WITH PERSON OR PROPERTY

Direct and Intentional Interference with the Person

(48)

Direct and Intentional Interference with Property

(60)

Defenses to Direct and Intentional Interference with Person or Property

155

(102)

The Negligence Cause of Action

257

(18)

Negligence Standards

275

(78)

Proving and Evaluating Negligence Claims: Judge, Jury, and Evidence

353

(52)

Cause in Fact

405

(38)

Proximate Cause

443

(50)

Defenses to the Negligence Claim

493

(82)

Immunities and Limited Duties: The Concepts

575

(12)

Owners and Occupiers of Land

587

(44)

Health Care Providers and Other Professionals

631

(62)

Public Entities and Officers

693

(58)

Family Members and Charities

751

(16)

Professional Risk-Takers

767

(14)

Prenatal and Birth-Related Injury

781

(22)

Wrongful Death and Survival

803

(18)

Emotional Harm

821

(32)

Nonaction and Contract: Rescue and Protection

853

(52)

Vicarious Liability of the Innocent Principal

905

(36)

Strict Liability for Animals, Abnormal Conditions, and Special Dangers

941

(28)

Products Liability

969

(78)

PART III. OPERATING AND ALTERING THE TORT SYSTEM IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES

Damages

1047

(30)

Apportionment of Responsibility among Parties

1077

(16)

Criticisms and Choices in Tort Law

1093

(24)

PART IV. ECONOMIC AND DIGNITARY INJURY

Defamation

1117

(80)

Privacy

1197

(16)

Process Rights: Misusing and Denying Judicial Process

1213

(32)

Interference with Family Relationships

1245

(12)

Interference with Contract and Economic Opportunity Generally

1257

(42)

Harms to Interests in Intangibles and Unfair Competition

1299

(20)

Nuisance

1319

(24)

Misrepresentation and Nondisclosure

1343

(42)

Lawyer Malpractice

1385

(26)

Appendix: Westlaw Research

1411

(14)

Table of Cases

1425

(130)

Index

1555

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