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• Title:Tort law : responsibilities and redress / John C.P. Goldberg, Anthony J. Sebok, Benjamin C. Zipursky.
  
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• Author/Creator:Goldberg, John C. P., 1961-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Sebok, Anthony James, 1963-
  Zipursky, Benjamin C., 1960-
  
• Published/Created:New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, ©2012.
  

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  • Call Number: KF1250 .G65 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Torts--United States.
  Torts--United States--Cases.
  
• Edition:3rd ed.
  
• Description:xxxi, 1,220 pages ; 27 cm
  
• Series:Aspen casebook series.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781454806882
  1454806885
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. One Overview
  ch. 1 Introduction to Torts
  I. What Is a Tort?
  II. Example of a Tort Suit
  Waller v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  A. Common Law and Statute
  B. Responsibilities in Tort
  C. Role of Lawyers
  D. Proceeding Through Court
  III. Tort Law in Context
  A. Tort Contrasted with Other Areas of Law
  B. Politics of Tort Law
  C. Some Statistics Concerning the Tort System
  IV. Using This Book
  References/Further Reading
  pt. Two Negligence: Liability for Physical Harms
  ch. 2 Duty Element
  I. Negligence: A Brief Overview
  A. Elements of the Prima Facie Case
  B. Injury Element
  C. Focusing on Physical Harms
  II. Duty Element and the General Duty of Reasonable Care
  A. Easy Cases: The Unqualified Duty to Conduct Oneself with Reasonable Care for the Person and Property of Others
  B. Sampling of Easy Duty Cases Drawn from English Law
  C. Evolution of Duty Rules
  MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
  Mussivand v. David
  III. Qualified Duties of Care
  A. Affirmative Duties to Rescue and Protect
  Osterlind v. Hill
  Baker v. Fenneman & Brown Properties, LLC
  B. Premises Liability
  Leffler v. Sharp
  C. Pure Economic Loss
  Aikens v. Debow
  IV. Rowland, Tarasoff, and the Meaning of Duty
  Rowland v. Christian
  Tarasoff v. The Regents of the University of California
  References/Further Reading
  ch. 3 Breach Element
  I. Duty, Breach, and the Meaning of "Negligence"
  Myers v. Heritage Enters., Inc.
  Martin v. Evans
  Pingaro v. Rossi
  Jones v. Port Authority of Allegheny County
  Campbell v. Kovich
  Adams v. Bullock
  II. Defining the Person of Ordinary Prudence
  Vaughan v. Men love
  Appelhans v. McFall
  III. Industry and Professional Custom
  T.J. Hooper
  Johnson v. Riverdale Anesthesia Associates
  Condra v. Atlanta Orthopaedic Group
  Larger v. Ro thin an
  IV. Reasonableness, Balancing, and Cost-Benefit Analysis
  United States v. Carroll Towing Co.
  Rhode Island Hosp. Trust Nat'l Bank v. Zapata Corp.
  V. Proving Breach: Res Ipsa Loquitur
  Byrne v. Boadle
  Kambat v. St. Francis Hosp.
  References/Further Reading
  ch. 4 Causation Element
  I. Key Terms and Concepts
  A. Actual and Proximate Cause
  B. Actual Cause, the Jury, and the But-For Test
  C. Two Meanings of "Caused"
  D. "A" Cause, Not "The" Cause
  II. Proving Actual Causation Under the Preponderance Standard
  Skinner v. Square D Co.
  Falcon v. Memorial Hospital
  III. Multiple Necessary and Multiple Sufficient Causes
  McDonald v. Robinson
  Aldridge v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  IV. Causation and Tortfeasor Identification
  A. Alternative Liability
  Summers v. Tice
  B. Market Share Liability
  Sindell v. Abbott Labs.
  References/Further Reading
  ch. 5 Aligning The Elements: Proximate Cause and Palsgraf
  I. Proximate Cause
  Union Pump Co. v, Allbritton
  Jolley v, Sutton London Borough Council
  II. Relational Aspect of Breach of Duty: Palsgraf
  Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
  Petitions of the Kinsman Transit Co.
  III. Superseding Cause and Affirmative Duties
  A. Intervening Wrongdoing: Superseding Cause as a Special Case of Proximate Cause
  B. Intervening Wrongdoing, Superseding Cause, and Affirmative Duty
  Port Authority of New York & New Jersey v. Arcadian Corp.
  Fast Eddie's v. Hall
  References/Further Reading
  ch. 6 Statutory Supplements: Negligence Per SE, Wrongful Death Acts, and Implied Rights of Action
  I. Negligence Per Se
  Dalal v. City of New York
  Bayne v. Todd Shipyards Corp.
  Victor v. Hedges
  II. Wrongful Death Acts
  A. Historical Background
  B. Lord Campbell's Act and American Statutes
  Nelson v. Dolan
  III. Implied Rights of Action
  Tex. & Pac. Ry. Co. v. Rigsby
  J. I. Case Co. v. Borak
  Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics
  References/Further Reading
  ch. 7 Defenses
  I. Contributory Negligence and Comparative Responsibility
  A. Contributory Negligence
  B. Comparative Fault in Action
  United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.
  Hunt v. Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation & Correction
  II. Assumption of Risk
  A. Express Assumption of Risk
  Jones v. Dressel
  Dalury v. S-K-I, Ltd.
  B. Implied Assumption of Risk
  Smollett v. Skayting Dev. Corp.
  III. Statutes of Limitations and Repose
  Ranney v. Parawax Co.
  IV. Immunities and Exemptions from Liability
  A. Intrafamilial and Charitable Immunities
  B. Sovereign Immunity
  Riley v. United States
  C. Liability Exemptions: No-Duty Rules for Local Government and Private Entities
  Riss v. City of New York
  Strauss v. Belle Realty Co.
  References/Further Reading
  ch. 8 Damages and Apportionment
  I. Elements and Availability of Damages
  A. Compensatory Damages
  Smith v. Leech Brain & Co. Ltd.
  Kenton v. Hyatt Hotels Corp.
  B. Punitive Damages
  National By-Products, Inc. v. Searcy House Moving Co.
  Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc.
  II. Vicarious Liability
  Taber v. Maine
  III. Joint Liability and Contribution
  Ravo v. Rogatnick
  Bencivenga v. J.J.A.M.M., Inc.
  IV. Indemnification and Liability Insurance
  Interinsurance Exch. of the Automobile Club v. Flores
  V. Enforcing Judgments: Getting to Assets
  References/Further Reading
  pt. Three Battery, Assault, False Imprisonment, and Infliction of Emotional Distress
  ch. 9 Battery, Assault, and False Imprisonment
  I. Introduction
  II. Battery and Assault: Elements
  A. Battery
  Cecarelli v. Maher
  Paul v. Holbrook
  Vosburg v. Putney
  Cole v. Hibberd
  Wagner v. State
  B. Assault
  Beach v. Hancock
  Brooker v. Silverthorne
  Vetter v. Morgan
  C. Intent Revisited: Transferred Intent
  In re White
  III. Standard Defenses to Battery and Assault
  A. Consent
  Koffman v. Garnett
  B. Self-Defense and Defense of Others
  Haeussler v. De Loretto
  C. Defense and Recapture of Property
  Katko v. Briney
  IV. False Imprisonment
  A. Elements
  Fojtik v. Charier Med. Corp.
  B. Defense of Investigative Detention and Arrest
  Grant v. Stop-N-Go Market of Texas, Inc.
  References/Further Reading
  ch. 10 Infliction of Emotional Distress
  I. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
  A. Emergence of IIED
  B. Elements
  Dickens v. Puryear
  Littlefield v. McGuffey
  164 Mulberry Street Corp. v. Columbia University
  C. IIED Applied: Employment Discrimination
  Wilson v. Monarch Paper Co.
  Stockett v. Tolin
  II. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
  A. From No Injury to the Zone of Danger
  Wyman v. Leavitt
  Robb v. Pennsylvania R.R. Co.
  Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Gottshall
  B. Special Relationships and Undertakings to Be Vigilant of Another's Emotional Weil-Being
  Beul v. ASSE lnt'l, Inc.
  C. Bystander NIED
  Waube v. Warrington
  Dillon v. Legg
  Thing v. La Chusa
  References/Further Reading
  pt. Four Liability Without Fault and Products Liability
  ch. 11 Property Torts and Ultrahazardous Activities
  I. Introduction
  Brown v. Kendall
  N.Y. Central R.R. Co, v. White
  II. Property Torts
  A. Trespass to Land: Prima Facie Case
  Burns Philp Food, Inc. v. Cavalea Cont'l Freight, Inc.
  B. Trespass and Necessity
  Vincent v. Lake Erie Transp. Co.
  C. Conversion and Trespass to Chattel
  Thyroff v. Nationwide Mut. Ins, Co.
  D. Consent (With Notes on Media Trespass and on Defenses Other Than Consent)
  Copeland v. Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
  E. Nuisance
  Sturges v. Bridgman
  Penland v. Redwood Sanitary Sewer Serv. Dist.
  Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co.
  III. Ultrahazardous (Abnormally Dangerous) Activities
  Rylands v. Fletcher
  Klein v. Pyrodyne Corp.
  Reference/Further Reading
  ch. 12 Products Liability
  I. Introduction
  A. Precursors
  Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Fresno
  B. Emergence of Strict Products Liability
  Greenman v. Yuba Power Prods., Inc.
  II. Basics of a Products Liability Claim
  A. What Counts as an Injury?
  B. What Is a "Product"?
  C. Who or What Is a "Seller"?
  D. Key to Products Liability: Defect
  Gower v. Savage Arms, Inc.
  III. Design Defect
  A. Risk-Utility Test
  Chow v. Reckitt & Colman, Inc.
  B. Contest Between the Consumer Expectations Test and the Risk-Utility Test
  Jackson v. General Motors Corp.
  Branham v. Ford Motor Co.
  C. Standards of Defectiveness for Prescription Drugs
  Freeman v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.
  IV. Failure to Warn or Instruct
  A. Which Risks Require Warning?
  Anderson v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
  B. Proving Actual Causation in a Failure to Warn Case
  Mains v. Pfizer Inc.
  References/Further Reading
  pt. Five Torts at the Supreme Court
  ch. 13 Torts at the Supreme Court
  I. Introduction
  II. Torts and Evidence.-Guidelines for Expert Testimony in Personal Injury Cases
  Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  III. Torts and Punishment (and Deterrence): Constitutional Limits on Punitive Damages
  BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
  Philip Morris USA v. Williams
  IV. Torts Without Injuries? Unripened Physical Harm and Medical Monitoring Claims
  Metro-North Commuter R.R. Co, v. Buckley
  V. Torts and Human Rights: The Alien Tort Statute
  Contents note continued: Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain
  Flomo v. Firestone Natural Rubber Co.
  VI. Tort Law and the Administrative State: Preemption
  Wyeth v. Levine
  Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing
  References/Further Reading.