Tort Law and Alternatives

, by Franklin, Marc A.; Rabin, Robert L.; Green, Michael D.

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Supplemental Materials

Preface to the Seventh Edition

Acknowledgments

vii

Table of Cases

xxi

Introduction to Tort Liability

(28)

Prologue

(1)

When Should Unintended Injury Result in Liability?

(7)

Hammontree v. Jenner

(6)

The Litigation Process

(8)

The Parties and Vicarious Liability

(12)

Christensen v. Swenson et al

(6)

Baptist Memorial Hospital System v. Sampson

(5)

The Negligence Principle

(101)

Historical Development of Fault Liability

(8)

Schwartz, Tort Law and the Economy in Nineteenth Century America: A Reinterpretation

(3)

Brown v. Kendall

(4)

The Central Concept

(21)

The Standard of Care

(1)

Adams v. Bullock

(3)

United States v. Carroll Towing Co.

(6)

The Reasonable Person

(1)

Bethel v. New York City Transit Authority

(11)

The Roles of Judge and Jury

(27)

In General

(1)

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. Goodman

(2)

Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.

(4)

Andrews v. United Airlines, Inc.

(3)

The Role of Custom

(1)

Trimarco v. Klein

(6)

The Role of Statutes

(1)

Martin v. Herzog

(3)

Tedla v. Ellman

(9)

Proof of Negligence

(24)

Negri v. Stop and Shop, Inc.

(1)

Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History

(4)

Byrne v. Boadle

(3)

McDougald v. Perry

(7)

Ybarra v. Spangard

101

(8)

The Special Case of Medical Malpractice

109

(21)

Sheeley v. Memorial Hospital

109

(8)

Connors v. University Associates in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Inc.

117

(5)

Matthies v. Mastromonaco

122

(8)

The Duty Requirement: Physical Injuries

130

(131)

Introduction

130

(1)

Obligations to Others

131

(27)

Harper v. Herman

131

(6)

Farwell v. Keaton

137

(7)

Strauss v. Belle Realty Co.

144

(7)

Uhr v. East Greenbush Central School District

151

(7)

Obligations to Protect a Third Party

158

(32)

Tarasoff v. Regents of the Univ. of California

158

(12)

Randi W. v. Muroc Joint Unified School District

170

(9)

Vince v. Wilson

179

(6)

Reynolds v. Hicks

185

(5)

Landowners and Occupiers

190

(24)

Carter v. Kinney

190

(7)

Heins v. Webster County

197

(9)

Posecai v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

206

(8)

Intrafamily Duties

214

(11)

Broadbent v. Broadbent

214

(11)

Governmental Entities

225

(36)

Municipal and State Liability

226

(1)

Riss v. City of New York

226

(11)

Lauer v. City of New York

237

(7)

Friedman v. State of New York

244

(5)

The Federal Tort Claims Act

249

(1)

Cope v. Scott

250

(11)

The Duty Requirement: Nonphysical Harm

261

(80)

Emotional Harm

261

(40)

Falzone v. Busch

261

(9)

Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company v. Buckley

270

(8)

Gammon v. Osteopathic Hospital of Maine, Inc.

278

(4)

Portee v. Jaffee

282

(9)

Johnson v. Jamaica Hospital

291

(10)

Economic Harm

301

(24)

Nycal Corporation v. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

302

(11)

People Express Airlines, Inc. v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

313

(12)

Interference With Procreation and End-of-Life Decisions

325

(16)

Emerson v. Magendantz

326

(15)

Causation

341

(94)

Cause in Fact

341

(58)

Basic Doctrine

341

(1)

Stubbs v. City of Rochester

342

(7)

Zuchowicz v. United States

349

(10)

Alberts v. Schultz

359

(9)

Introduction to Joint and Several Liability

368

(6)

Multiple Defendants

374

(1)

Summers v. Tice

374

(4)

Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly & Co.

378

(13)

The Special Case of Toxic Harms

391

(1)

Rabin, Environmental Liability and the Tort System

391

(8)

Proximate Cause

399

(36)

Unexpected Harm

399

(1)

Benn v. Thomas

399

(6)

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

405

(7)

Unexpected Manner

412

(1)

McLaughlin v. Mine Safety Appliances Co.

412

(7)

Unexpected Victim

419

(1)

Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.

419

(16)

Defenses

435

(63)

The Plaintiff's Fault

435

(25)

Contributory Negligence

435

(5)

Comparative Negligence

440

(1)

Uniform Comparative Fault Act

441

(11)

Fritts v. McKinne

452

(5)

Avoidable Consequences

457

(3)

Assumption of Risk

460

(29)

Express Agreements

460

(1)

Dalury v. S-K-I, Ltd.

461

(8)

Implied Assumption of Risk

469

(1)

Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co.

469

(7)

Davenport v. Cotton Hope Plantation Horizontal Property Regime

476

(8)

Roberts v. Vaughn

484

(5)

Preemption

489

(9)

Geier v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc., et al.

489

(9)

Strict Liability

498

(42)

Doctrinal Development

498

(22)

Fletcher v. Rylands

498

(5)

Rylands v. Fletcher

503

(3)

Sullivan v. Dunham

506

(5)

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

511

(9)

Theoretical Perspectives

520

(20)

Rabin, The Ideology of Enterprise Liability

520

(5)

King, A Goals-Oriented Approach to Strict Tort Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities

525

(10)

Posner, Economic Analysis of Law

535

(5)

MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.

540

(1)

Liability for Defective Products

540

(112)

Introduction

540

(16)

Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Fresno

546

(10)

Manufacturing Defects

556

(2)

Design Defects

558

(23)

Soule v. General Motors Corporation

559

(13)

Camacho v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

572

(9)

Safety Instructions and Warnings

581

(24)

Hood v. Ryobi America Corporation

582

(10)

Edwards v. Basel Pharmaceuticals

592

(5)

Vassallo v. Baxter Healthcare Corporation

597

(8)

Defenses

605

(9)

General Motors Corporation v. Sanchez

605

(9)

Work-Related Injuries

614

(18)

Jones v. Ryobi, Ltd.

614

(5)

Liriano v. Hobart Corp

619

(10)

Enterprise Responsibility for Personal Injury Vol. II, Approaches to Legal and Institutional Change

629

(3)

Beyond Products?

632

(7)

Royer v. Catholic Medical Center

632

(7)

The Intersection of Tort and the Uniform Commercial Code

639

(13)

East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.

639

(13)

Trespass and Nuisance

652

(27)

Trespass

652

(6)

Martin v. Reynolds Metals Co.

653

(5)

Nuisance

658

(21)

Public Nuisance

659

(2)

Private Nuisance

661

(2)

Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co.

663

(16)

Damages and Insurance

679

(106)

Damages

679

(60)

Compensatory Damages

679

(1)

Seffert v. Los Angeles Transit Lines

680

(17)

McDougald v. Garber

697

(13)

Arambula v. Wells

710

(7)

Punitive Damages

717

(1)

Taylor v. Superior Court

718

(8)

BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore

726

(13)

Introduction to Insurance

739

(46)

Loss Insurance, Collateral Sources and Subrogation

747

(1)

Frost v. Porter Leasing Corp.

747

(8)

Fleming, The Collateral Source Rule and Loss Allocation in Tort Law

755

(6)

Liability Insurance

761

(6)

The Impact of Insurance on Tort Litigation

767

(1)

The Impact on Substantive Rulings

767

(1)

The Impact of Insurance on Procedure and Settlement

767

(1)

Lalomia v. Bankers & Shippers Ins. Co.

767

(7)

Suing the Insurer

774

(1)

Pavia v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.

774

(11)

Survey of Alternatives

785

(79)

Incremental Tort Reform

787

(6)

Occupational Injuries--Workers' Compensation

793

(23)

Kramer & Briffault, Workers' Compensation: Strengthening the Social Compact

793

(17)

New York Workers' Compensation Law

810

(6)

Motor Vehicle Injuries

816

(25)

The Past

816

(3)

The New York Experience

819

(1)

Background

819

(2)

The New York Statute

821

(1)

New York Insurance Law

822

(19)

Focused No-Fault Schemes

841

(17)

Rabin, Some Thoughts on the Efficacy of a Mass Toxics Administrative Compensation Scheme

842

(16)

Comprehensive No-Fault and Beyond

858

(6)

Intentional Harm

864

(84)

Basic Doctrine

865

(63)

Intent

865

(1)

Garratt v. Dailey

865

(7)

Assault and Battery

872

(1)

Picard v. Barry Pontiac-Buick, Inc.

872

(4)

Wishnatsky v. Huey

876

(6)

False Imprisonment

882

(1)

Lopez v. Winchell's Donut House

882

(6)

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

888

(1)

Womack v. Eldridge

889

(12)

McDermott v. Reynolds

901

(4)

Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell

905

(5)

Defenses and Privileges

910

(1)

Consent

911

(1)

Hart v. Geysel

911

(3)

Self Defense

914

(1)

Courvoisier v. Raymond

914

(3)

Protection of Property

917

(1)

Katko v. Briney

917

(5)

Private Necessity

922

(1)

Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co.

923

(5)

Government Liability

928

(20)

The Federal Civil Rights Action

928

(6)

Wilson v. Layne

934

(10)

Liability of Federal Officials

944

(4)

Defamation

948

(150)

Common Law Background

948

(52)

What Is Defamatory?

948

(1)

Romaine v. Kallinger

949

(10)

Matherson v. Marchello

959

(4)

``Of and Concerning'' Plaintiff

963

(3)

Strict Liability

966

(1)

Damages: Libel and Slander

967

(1)

Matherson v. Marchello

968

(2)

Liberman v. Gelstein

970

(4)

Defenses

974

(1)

Truth

974

(2)

Privileges

976

(2)

Liberman v. Gelstein

978

(7)

Fair and Accurate Report

985

(1)

Medico v. Time, Inc.

985

(10)

Retraction and Other Defenses

995

(1)

Burnett v. National Enquirer, Inc.

995

(5)

Public Plaintiffs and the Constitution

1000

(24)

Public Officials

1000

(1)

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

1000

(13)

Public Figures

1013

(2)

The ``Actual Malice'' Standard

1015

(1)

Substantive issues

1015

(7)

Procedural Issues

1022

(2)

Private Plaintiffs and the Constitution

1024

(19)

Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.

1025

(18)

The Public-Private Distinction

1043

(18)

Identifying a ``Public Official''

1043

(5)

Identifying a ``Public Figure''

1048

(1)

Wells v. Liddy

1049

(12)

The Defendant as Commentator

1061

(20)

Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.

1063

(4)

Flamm v. American Association of University Women

1067

(14)

The Press as Repeater

1081

(10)

Khawar v. Globe International, Inc.

1081

(10)

Reform Proposals

1091

(7)

Need for Reform?

1091

(3)

Proposed Reforms

1094

(4)

Protecting Privacy

1098

(118)

Public Disclosure of Private Facts

1100

(40)

State Tort Analysis

1100

(1)

Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

1101

(13)

Constitutional Privilege

1114

(2)

The Florida Star v. B.J.F.

1116

(15)

Breach of Confidence?

1131

(1)

Humphers v. First Interstate Bank of Oregon

1131

(9)

False-Light Privacy

1140

(11)

Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co.

1141

(10)

Intrusion

1151

(35)

Nader v. General Motors Corp.

1151

(12)

Galella v. Onassis

1163

(4)

Desnick v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

1167

(7)

Shulman v. Group W Productions, Inc., et al.

1174

(12)

Appropriation

1186

(30)

Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.

1187

(7)

Cardtoons, L.C. v. Major League Baseball Players Association

1194

(22)

Intentional Economic Harm

1216

(57)

Misrepresentation

1216

(24)

Introduction

1216

(2)

Deceit

1218

(5)

Ollerman v. O'Rourke Co., Inc.

1223

(16)

Strict Liability

1239

(1)

Interference With Contract

1240

(6)

Imperial Ice Co. v. Rossier

1240

(6)

Interference With Prospective Economic Advantage

1246

(17)

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

1246

(17)

Contract and Tort in the Economic Sphere

1263

(10)

All-Tech Telecom, Inc. v. Amway Corporation

1263

(10)

Index

1273

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