Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts

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Covers the evolution of the basic building blocks of modern tort law. Includes revised chapters on product liability, insurance, and non-tort alternatives. Minimally edited cases make this edition a good vehicle for teaching first-year students the essential techniques of case analysis and legal method. Includes chapters on negligence, causation and plaintiff's conduct as a contributing cause, nuisance, misrepresentation and tortious interference with contract and prospective contract, false imprisonment and misuse of legal process, constitutional torts, and immunities.

Preface

Table of Cases

xxiii

Introduction

(31)

General

(31)

Some Early History

(4)

The Aims of the Law of Torts

(1)

The Theoretical Structure of Tort Law and Its Capacity to Expand to Cover New Situations

(2)

Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co.

(7)

Notes

(2)

The Historical Development of the Modern Law of Torts---Development of the Concept of ``Fault''

(7)

The Case of Thorns

(1)

Note

(1)

Weaver v. Ward

(1)

Brown v. Kendall

(4)

Notes

(3)

Intentional Torts

(75)

The Concept of ``Intent''

(9)

Notes

(2)

Jackson v. Brantley

(3)

Notes

(1)

Beauchamp v. Dow Chemical Company

(2)

Notes

(1)

Battery and Assault

(11)

Masters v. Becker

(1)

Notes

(2)

Brzoska v. Olson

(5)

Notes

(1)

Dickens v. Puryear

(2)

Notes

(1)

Transferred Intent

(3)

Singer v. Marx

(2)

Notes

(1)

Trespass to Land

(5)

General

(2)

Privileged Entries Upon the Land of Another

(1)

Variant Situations

(1)

Extent of the Interest Protected

(3)

Trespass to Chattels

(2)

General

(1)

Relationship to Conversion

(2)

Defenses

(45)

Insanity

(1)

White v. Muniz

(4)

Notes

(1)

Consent

(1)

Hellriegel v. Tholl

(4)

Notes

(2)

Mulloy v. Hop Sang

(1)

Notes

(7)

Self--Defense

(1)

Defense of Person

(1)

Lane v. Holloway

(2)

Notes

(1)

Silas v. Bowen

(3)

Notes

(2)

Defense of Property

(1)

Brown v. Martinez

(4)

Notes

(2)

Discipline

(1)

Necessity

(1)

Public Necessity

(3)

Private Necessity

(1)

Ploof v. Putnam

(2)

Note

101

(1)

Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co.

101

(3)

Notes

104

(3)

Negligence

107

(132)

Historical Development

107

(1)

The Plaintiff's Prima Facie Case

108

(2)

The Standard of Care

110

(129)

The Reasonable ``Person''

110

(1)

Vaughan v. Menlove

110

(4)

Notes

114

(1)

Delair v. McAdoo

115

(2)

Notes

117

(1)

Variations on the ``Reasonable `Man' '' Standard

117

(1)

Charbonneau v. MacRury

117

(7)

Notes

124

(1)

Goss v. Allen

125

(4)

Notes

129

(4)

Haley v. London Electricity Board

133

(3)

Notes

136

(1)

The Calculus of Risk

137

(1)

Barker v. City of Philadelphia

137

(3)

Notes

140

(1)

United States v. Carroll Towing Co.

140

(2)

Notes

142

(3)

Restatement (Second) of Torts (1965)

145

(1)

Pitre v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.

145

(4)

Notes

149

(1)

Establishment of the Standard of Care: The Function of the Judge and the Jury

150

(8)

Establishment of the Standard of Care by the Legislature: Violation of Statute

158

(1)

Martin v. Herzog

158

(3)

Notes

161

(2)

Brown v. Shyne

163

(4)

Notes

167

(2)

Tedla v. Ellman

169

(4)

Barnum v. Williams

173

(5)

Notes

178

(2)

Proof of Negligence; the Use of Custom and Expert Testimony

180

(1)

General

180

(2)

Effect of Evidence of Custom

182

(1)

Dempsey v. Addison Crane Co.

182

(3)

Notes

185

(1)

Malpractice

186

(1)

Shilkret v. Annapolis Emergency Hospital Association

186

(7)

Notes

193

(1)

Helling v. Carey

194

(4)

Notes

198

(3)

Miller v. Kennedy

201

(7)

Notes

208

(4)

The Use of Circumstantial Evidence: ``Res Ipsa Loquitur''

212

(1)

Historical Roots

212

(1)

Byrne v. Boadle

212

(4)

Notes

216

(1)

The Modern Doctrine

217

(1)

George Foltis, Inc. v. City of New York

217

(7)

Note

224

(1)

Swiney v. Malone Freight Lines

225

(4)

Notes

229

(2)

Some Special Applications of the Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur

231

(1)

Ybarra v. Spangard

231

(5)

Notes

236

(3)

Causation

239

(105)

Cause in Fact---The But For Test and the Notion of ``Substantial Cause''

239

(32)

General

239

(2)

The Cases

241

(1)

Kingston v. Chicago & Northwest Railway Co.

241

(3)

Note

244

(1)

Kramer Service v. Wilkins

244

(3)

Note

247

(1)

Daly v. Bergstedt

247

(4)

Notes

251

(1)

Summers v. Tice

252

(4)

Notes

256

(5)

Hotson v. East Berkshire Area Health Authority

261

(8)

Note

269

(2)

Proximate Cause

271

(62)

In re An Arbitration Between Polemis and Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd.

271

(5)

Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad

276

(8)

Notes

284

(2)

Overseas Tankship (U.K.) Ltd. v. Mort's Dock & Engineering Co., Ltd. (The Wagon Mound)

286

(11)

Notes

297

(1)

Hughes v. Lord Advocate

298

(4)

Notes

302

(1)

Doughty v. Turner Manufacturing Co.

302

(5)

Notes

307

(1)

Petition of Kinsman Transit Co.

307

(11)

Notes

318

(2)

Overseas Tankship (U.K.) Ltd. v. The Miller Steamship Co. Pty. (The Wagon Mound No. 2)

320

(7)

Notes

327

(6)

Intervening Causes as Superseding Causes

333

(11)

Glasgow Realty Co. v. Metcalfe

333

(2)

Notes

335

(1)

Brauer v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

336

(2)

Notes

338

(6)

Others' Conduct as a Contributing Cause

344

(113)

Contributory Negligence

344

(6)

Butterfield v. Forrester

345

(1)

Notes

346

(1)

Smithwick v. Hall & Upson Co.

347

(3)

Note

350

(1)

Comparative Negligence

350

(32)

Historical Background

350

(1)

The Tide of Judicial Change

351

(1)

Hoffman v. Jones

351

(10)

Notes

361

(1)

Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co.

362

(6)

Some Representative Statutes

368

(1)

The Federal Employers Liability Act of 1908

368

(1)

Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated

368

(1)

New York Civil Practice Law & Rules (McKinney)

369

(1)

Wisconsin Statutes Annotated (West)

369

(1)

Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act of 1945

369

(1)

Notes

370

(1)

Some Problems That Have Arisen in the Application of Comparative Negligence

371

(2)

Martel v. Montana Power Co.

373

(3)

Notes

376

(4)

Last Clear Chance

380

(1)

Restatement (Second) of Torts (1965)

380

(1)

Notes

381

(1)

Assumption of the Risk

382

(22)

LaFrenz v. Lake County Fair Board

382

(4)

Notes

386

(3)

Herod v. Grant

389

(1)

Notes

390

(1)

Jones v. Three Rivers Management Corp.

391

(4)

Notes

395

(1)

Auckenthaler v. Grundmeyer

396

(6)

Notes

402

(2)

Avoidable Consequences, the ``Seat Belt'' Defense, and Mitigation of Damages

404

(2)

Responsibility of Multiple Parties, Including the Plaintiff

406

(25)

Introduction and Definitions

406

(1)

Vicarious Liability

407

(6)

Indemnity

413

(1)

Imputed Contributory/Comparative Negligence

414

(2)

Joint and Several Liability

416

(8)

Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors

424

(1)

Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act

424

(2)

Notes

426

(4)

Tying It All Together

430

(1)

Problem

430

(1)

Group Liability

431

(26)

Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories

431

(12)

Notes

443

(3)

Shackil v. Lederle Laboratories

446

(8)

Notes

454

(3)

Special Situations

457

(167)

The Failure to Aid

458

(50)

General

458

(1)

Yania v. Bigan

458

(2)

Notes

460

(4)

``Special'' Relationships

464

(1)

Restatement (Second) of Torts (1965)

464

(1)

Notes

465

(1)

Posecai v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

466

(5)

Notes

471

(2)

Farwell v. Keaton

473

(4)

Notes

477

(2)

Thompson v. County of Alameda

479

(9)

Notes

488

(3)

Eisel v. Board of Education of Montgomery County

491

(7)

Notes

498

(1)

The ``Duty'' of Those Whose Conduct Has Injured or Threatened Injury to Others

498

(1)

The ``Duty'' of a Volunteer Rescuer

499

(1)

Parvi v. City of Kingston

499

(4)

Notes

503

(5)

Owners and Occupiers of Land

508

(32)

Lunney v. Post

508

(5)

Notes

513

(1)

Nelson v. Freeland

514

(9)

Notes

523

(3)

Bennett v. Stanley

526

(6)

Notes

532

(2)

Sargent v. Ross

534

(4)

Notes

538

(2)

Special Immunities

540

(15)

Charitable Immunity

540

(3)

Interspousal Immunity

543

(1)

Notes

543

(3)

Parent-Child Immunity

546

(1)

Brunner v. Hutchinson Division, Lear-Siegler, Inc.

546

(6)

Notes

552

(3)

Governmental Immunities

555

(32)

Suits Against the United States

555

(1)

I.M. Gotlieb, Tort Claims Against the United States

555

(1)

Notes

556

(1)

The ``Federal Tort Claims Act''

557

(1)

Notes

558

(3)

Laird v. Nelms

561

(4)

Notes

565

(3)

Suits Against the States

568

(3)

California Government Code Annotated (West)

571

(3)

Notes

574

(1)

Suits Against Other Governmental Entities

575

(1)

Tipton v. Town of Tabor

575

(8)

Notes

583

(4)

Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress

587

(37)

Dziokonski v. Babineau

587

(8)

Notes

595

(8)

Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

603

(10)

Notes

613

(2)

Boyles v. Kerr

615

(7)

Notes

622

(2)

Strict Liability

624

(55)

Animals

624

(7)

Duren v. Kunkel

624

(3)

Notes

627

(4)

Dangerous Activities

631

(48)

Fletcher v. Rylands

631

(3)

Rylands v. Fletcher

634

(3)

Notes

637

(2)

Losee v. Buchanan

639

(3)

Notes

642

(2)

Restatement of Torts (1938)

644

(1)

Notes

644

(1)

Restatement (Second) of Torts, Tentative Draft No. 10 (1964)

645

(2)

Notes

647

(1)

Restatement (Second) of Torts (1977)

647

(1)

Klein v. Pyrodyne Corp.

648

(7)

Notes

655

(1)

Indiana Harbor Belt R.R. Co. v. American Cyanamid Co.

656

(7)

Notes

663

(8)

Foster v. Preston Mill Co.

671

(4)

Notes

675

(4)

Products Liability

679

(136)

Negligence Actions---Overcoming the Privity Barrier

679

(11)

Thomas v. Winchester

679

(3)

Notes

682

(2)

MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.

684

(4)

Notes

688

(2)

Strict Liability

690

(1)

Contractually Based Remedies---Breach of Warranty

690

(8)

Introduction

690

(1)

General Background

691

(1)

Current State of the Law

692

(1)

Uniform Commercial Code (1966)

692

(2)

Notes

694

(4)

Strict (Defect) Liability in Torts

698

(9)

Historical Development

698

(1)

Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.

699

(3)

Restatement (Second) of Torts (1965)

702

(1)

Plaintiffs and Defendants

703

(1)

Defining a Defect

704

(2)

Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability (1997)

706

(1)

Types of Defects

707

(73)

Manufacturing Defects

707

(1)

Whitted v. General Motors Corporation

707

(3)

Notes

710

(2)

Design Defects

712

(1)

Camacho v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

712

(7)

Notes

719

(4)

Riley v. Becton Dickson Vascular Access, Inc.

723

(9)

Notes

732

(5)

Grundberg v. Upjohn Co.

737

(9)

Notes

746

(2)

Warning Defects

748

(1)

Johnson v. American Cyanamid Co.

748

(7)

Notes

755

(6)

Burke v. Spartanics Ltd.

761

(6)

Notes

767

(4)

Feldman v. Lederle Laboratories

771

(6)

Notes

777

(3)

The Parties and Interests Covered by Products Liability

780

(5)

Admissibility of Expert Testimony to Prove Defect and Causation

785

(10)

Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael

785

(8)

Notes

793

(2)

Defenses

795

(14)

Plaintiff's Behavior

795

(3)

Pre-emption

798

(1)

Geier v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc.

798

(7)

Notes

805

(2)

Compliance With Regulations

807

(1)

Government Contractors

808

(1)

Relevant Statutes

809

(2)

Products Liability in the European Community and Japan

811

(4)

The European Economic Union Directive

811

(2)

Japan

813

(1)

Comparison of European, Japanese and American Approaches

814

(1)

Damages in Nonfatal Injury Cases

815

(89)

Introduction, and a Damage Problem

815

(6)

Compensatory Damages for Nonfatal Personal Injury

821

(32)

Basic Theories Behind Compensatory Damages

821

(2)

Categories of Compensable Damages

823

(2)

The Interaction of Damages With Liability

825

(1)

Jury Decisionmaking About Damages

825

(1)

Lost Earnings Versus Lost Earning Capacity

826

(5)

Loss of Earning Capacity for Non-Wage-Earners

831

(1)

Medical and Rehabilitative Expenses

832

(2)

The Collateral Source Rule

834

(3)

Present Value, Inflation, and Taxes

837

(4)

Prejudgment Interest

841

(1)

Professional Responsibility Considerations

842

(3)

Mass Tort: Scheduled Damages

845

(2)

Preexisting Injuries, Aggravation of Injury, and Intervening Injuries

847

(1)

The Aim of Rehabilitation, and the Plaintiff's Obligation to Mitigate Damages

848

(3)

Judicial Control of Damage Awards, and a Comparative Approach to Assessing Damages

851

(2)

Loss of Consortium in Nonfatal Cases

853

(17)

Spousal Consortium and Loss of Household Services

854

(4)

Parent-Child, Child-Parent Consortium

858

(1)

Roberts v. Williamson

858

(12)

Theoretical and Practical Issues Relating to Nonpecuniary Damages

870

(23)

McDougald v. Garber

870

(7)

Guidelines for Assessment and Methods of Argument

877

(2)

Risks and Fears of Incurring Loss in the Future

879

(6)

Critiques of Compensation for Nonpecuniary Damages

885

(3)

The Insurance Theory Attack on Nonpecuniary Damages

888

(2)

Tort Reform Measures Relating to Nonpecuniary Damages

890

(3)

The American Rule for Attorney's Fees, Fee Shifting, and the Contingency Fee

893

(7)

The American Rule Versus Loser-Pays

893

(4)

The Contingency Fee

897

(3)

Lump-Sum, Periodic Payment, and Structured Settlements

900

(4)

Punitive Damages; Fatal Injuries; Birth-Related Tort Claims

904

(59)

Punitive Damages

904

(32)

The Common Law Approach

904

(1)

Proving Punitive Damages when the Defendant is a Corporation

905

(1)

Case Problems

905

(2)

The Debate Over Punitive Damages, and Data from the Debate

907

(1)

Excessiveness, Frequency, and Unpredictability

908

(3)

The Effect of Punitive Damages on Settlement

911

(2)

The Effect of Post-Trial Procedures on Punitive Damages

913

(1)

The Wealth of the Defendant

913

(1)

Multiple Punitive Damages Awards for the Same Course of Conduct

914

(2)

Constitutional Challenges

916

(2)

State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell

918

(15)

Notes

933

(1)

Legislative Modifications

933

(2)

Punitive Damages and Insurance

935

(1)

Taxation of Punitive Damages

935

(1)

English Law

936

(1)

Death-Related Tort Claims

936

(16)

Introduction

936

(2)

Categories of Losses

938

(1)

Losses Relating to Earning Capacity or Wealth

938

(2)

Loss of Services That Have a Market Replacement, and Losses That Have No Market Replacement

940

(1)

Green v. Bittner

941

(7)

Notes

948

(4)

Birth--Related Tort Claims

952

(11)

When the Child is Born Alive But With a Disability Resulting From the Tortfeasor's Conduct

952

(6)

When There Is No Live Birth

958

(1)

Bystander Emotional Distress

958

(1)

Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life

958

(1)

Wrongful Birth

959

(1)

The Child's Wrongful Life Claim

960

(1)

Healthy But Unplanned Children

961

(1)

Legislative Action

961

(2)

Liability Insurance

963

(30)

The Duty to Defend and the Duty to Indemnify

964

(11)

North Star Mutual Insurance Co. v. R.W.

964

(3)

Notes

967

(8)

The Duty to Settle

975

(9)

Crisci v. Security Insurance Company of New Haven, Connecticut

975

(5)

Notes

980

(4)

Other Issues Relating to Liability Insurance

984

(9)

Do We ``Overconsume'' Liability Insurance?

984

(1)

Kent D. Syverud, On the Demand for Liability Insurance

984

(6)

Notes

990

(1)

Interaction of Liability Insurance and First-Party Insurance Sources: Subrogation

990

(3)

Tort Reform, and Nontort Compensation Programs

993

(59)

Introduction

993

(1)

Tort Reform

994

(24)

General Criticisms of Tort

996

(1)

Deterrence

996

(1)

Insurance

996

(1)

Corrective Justice

997

(1)

Empirical Evidence

998

(1)

Overcompensating Small Injuries, Undercompensating Large Injuries

998

(1)

Vertical Consistency and Horizontal Inconsistency

998

(1)

Number of Claims and Size of Verdicts

999

(3)

Juries as Decisionmakers on Damages

1002

(1)

Juries as Decisionmakers about Expert Scientific and Technical Information

1002

(1)

Uncertainty and Overdeterrence

1003

(1)

High Transaction Costs

1004

(1)

Insurance Availability and Affordability

1004

(2)

Legislative Tort Reform

1006

(1)

The Reforms

1006

(2)

A Tort Reform Problem

1008

(3)

The Effects of the Reforms

1011

(2)

Constitutional Challenges to Tort Reform Legislation

1013

(1)

Legislation Allowing or Encouraging Opting Out of Tort in Exchange for an Alternative Package of Benefits (including the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund)

1014

(1)

Opt--Out Plans

1014

(1)

The September 11 Victim Compensation Fund

1015

(3)

An Introduction to Nontort Compensation Programs

1018

(2)

Why Study Nontort Programs?

1018

(1)

Program Categories and Purposes

1019

(1)

The ``Accident Preference''

1020

(1)

Cause-Based Compensation Programs

1020

(27)

Workers' Compensation

1021

(1)

Fenwick v. Oklahoma State Penitentiary

1021

(5)

Notes

1026

(11)

Automobile No-Fault

1037

(1)

Financial Responsibility and Compulsory Insurance Laws, Unsatisfied Judgment Funds, and Uninsured Motorists Coverage

1037

(2)

History of Auto No-Fault

1039

(1)

Current Types of Auto No-Fault

1040

(2)

Notes

1042

(4)

No-Fault Proposals for Medical Injuries and for Mass Tort

1046

(1)

Loss-Based Programs and Proposals

1047

(5)

Social Security Disability

1047

(2)

Comprehensive Loss-Based Compensation: Doing Away With Tort Law; the New Zealand System

1049

(3)

Nuisance

1052

(32)

Brown v. County Commissioners of Scioto County

1052

(5)

Notes

1057

(4)

Graceland Corp. v. Consolidated Laundries Corp.

1061

(3)

Notes

1064

(1)

Impellizerri v. Jamesville Federated Church

1065

(1)

Notes

1066

(2)

Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Company, Inc.

1068

(6)

Notes

1074

(3)

Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del E. Webb Development Co.

1077

(5)

Notes

1082

(2)

Torts for Economic Injury

1084

(67)

Introduction to Torts for Economic Injury

1084

(1)

The Economic Loss Rule

1085

(4)

Breach of Fiduciary Duty

1089

(13)

Gibbs v. Breed, Abbott & Morgan

1089

(12)

Notes

1101

(1)

Misrepresentation: Intentional and Negligent

1102

(35)

Introduction

1102

(2)

Fraudulent Misrepresentation

1104

(1)

T. Street, The Foundations of Legal Liability

1104

(2)

VMark Software, Inc. v. EMC Corporation

1106

(5)

Notes

1111

(7)

Negligent Misrepresentation

1118

(1)

Elements and Development

1118

(1)

Extent of Liability to Third-Parties

1119

(1)

Robert R. Bily v. Arthur Young & Company

1119

(14)

Notes

1133

(4)

Tortious Interference With Contract and Prospective Contractual Relations

1137

(14)

Della Penna v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

1138

(9)

Notes

1147

(4)

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

1151

(35)

Texas & Pacific Railway v. Jones

1151

(1)

Notes

1152

(2)

State Rubbish Collectors Association v. Siliznoff

1154

(3)

Notes

1157

(1)

Korbin v. Berlin

1157

(2)

Notes

1159

(1)

Paul v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.

1160

(6)

Notes

1166

(2)

Hustler Magazine v. Falwell

1168

(6)

Note

1174

(1)

Womack v. Eldridge

1174

(2)

Meiter v. Cavanaugh

1176

(2)

Hood v. Naeter Brothers Publishing Co.

1178

(2)

Notes

1180

(3)

Star v. Rabello

1183

(1)

Note

1184

(2)

Defamation

1186

(128)

Common-Law Development

1186

(41)

Standifer v. Val Gene Management Services, Inc.

1186

(3)

Notes

1189

(2)

Jones v. Jones

1191

(5)

Notes

1196

(3)

Hinsdale v. Orange County Publications, Inc.

1199

(3)

Notes

1202

(3)

Youssoupoff v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Ltd.

1205

(6)

Notes

1211

(3)

Burton v. Crowell Publishing Co.

1214

(3)

Notes

1217

(3)

Fawcett Publications, Inc. v. Morris

1220

(5)

Notes

1225

(2)

Common-Law Defenses

1227

(27)

Crane v. New York World Telegram Corp.

1227

(3)

Notes

1230

(1)

Lee v. Paulsen

1231

(3)

Notes

1234

(2)

Watt v. Longsdon

1236

(5)

Notes

1241

(1)

Barr v. Matteo

1242

(7)

Notes

1249

(5)

Constitutional Developments

1254

(60)

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

1254

(12)

Notes

1266

(6)

Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.

1272

(13)

Notes

1285

(4)

Time, Inc. v. Firestone

1289

(7)

Notes

1296

(2)

Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.

1298

(12)

Notes

1310

(4)

Privacy

1314

(68)

Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co.

1314

(1)

Notes

1314

(4)

Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co.

1318

(4)

Notes

1322

(1)

Nader v. General Motors Corp.

1323

(6)

Notes

1329

(5)

Galella v. Onassis

1334

(5)

Notes

1339

(2)

Sidis v. F--R Publishing Corp.

1341

(3)

Note

1344

(1)

Briscoe v. Reader's Digest Association

1345

(5)

Notes

1350

(2)

Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn

1352

(6)

Notes

1358

(6)

Taggart v. Wadleigh-Maurice Ltd.

1364

(5)

Notes

1369

(1)

Grant v. Esquire, Inc.

1370

(3)

Note

1373

(1)

Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.

1374

(5)

Notes

1379

(3)

False Imprisonment and Misuse of Legal Process

1382

(25)

False Imprisonment

1382

(10)

Serpico v. Menard, Inc.

1382

(4)

Notes

1386

(6)

Malicious Prosecution and Related Torts

1392

(15)

Boose v. City of Rochester

1392

(4)

Notes

1396

(2)

Bank of Lyons v. Schultz

1398

(2)

Notes

1400

(7)

Constitutional Torts

1407

(30)

Actions Against State Officials and Others Acting Under ``Color of State Law''

1408

(7)

Historical Development

1408

(2)

Attorneys Fees and Non--Compensatory Damages

1410

(1)

The Role of State Courts and State Law

1411

(2)

Actions Based on a Negligence Theory

1413

(2)

Actions Against Federal Officials

1415

(3)

Immunities

1418

(19)

Butz v. Economou

1418

(15)

Notes

1433

(4)

Index

1437

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