The law of torts / Dan B. Dobbs, Paul T. Hayden, Ellen M. Bublick.
2016
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Title
The law of torts / Dan B. Dobbs, Paul T. Hayden, Ellen M. Bublick.
Variant Title
Index screen title: Dobbs, Hayden, and Bublick's Hornbook on torts, 2d (Hornbook series)
Edition
Second edition.
Imprint
St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2016]
Distributed
[St. Paul, Minnesota] : West Academic Publishing, [2016]
Description
1 online resource (xxxi, 1336 pages).
Series
Hornbook series.
Study aids (West Academic Publishing)
Study aids (West Academic Publishing)
Formatted Contents Note
Pt. 1: Introducing and surveying tort and injury law
Pt. 2: Physical interference with person or property
Pt. 3: Operating and altering the tort system in personal injury cases
Pt. 4: Economic and dignitary injury
Appendix: WESTLAW research.
Part 1. Introducing tort law.
Defining tort law
Aims, policies, history and methods of tort law
Tort law in practice
Part 2. Intentional torts to persons or property.
Direct and intentional interference with the person
Intentional interference with real property : trespass to land
Intentional interference with tangible personal property: trespass to chattels and conversion
Defenses to intentional torts
Consent
Part 3. Negligent physical harms to persons or property: Subpart A. The prima facie case
The negligence action: an introduction
Duty and the ordinary standard of reasonable care under the circumstances
Importing statutory standards of care: negligence per se
Breach of duty
Proving negligence claims
Actual harm & factual cause
Scope of liability (proximate cause)
Subpart B: Defenses.
Fault of the plaintiff
Assumption of the risk
Statutes of limitation and federal preemption
Part 4: Expanded or limited duties of care in physical harm cases.
Expanded duties of care: carriers, innkeepers and fiduciaries
Premises liability
Liability of health care providers
Liability of government entities, officers and employees
Family members and charities
Professional risk-takers
Limiting liability for non-action
Duty to protect from third persons and from self-harm
Part 5. Special types of harm.
Prenatal and birth-related injury
Wrongful death and survival actions
Emotional harm
Nuisance
Part 6. Vicarious liability, strict liability, and products liability.
Vicarious liability for physical harms
Strict liability for animals and abnormally dangerous activities
Products liability
Part 7. Damages, apportionment, and alternative systems.
Damages
Apportionment of liability among parties
Alternative systems for compensating injury
Part 8. Dignitary and economic torts. Subpart A. Dignitary torts.
Defamation
Privacy
Misusing judicial process
Interference with family relationships
Subpart B. Economic torts.
Economic torts and economic loss rules
Interference with contract and economic interests
Misrepresentation and falsehoods
Economic harm to intangible interests by conversion or spoliation
Legal malpractice
Unfair competition: trademarks, trade secrets and publicity rights.
Pt. 2: Physical interference with person or property
Pt. 3: Operating and altering the tort system in personal injury cases
Pt. 4: Economic and dignitary injury
Appendix: WESTLAW research.
Part 1. Introducing tort law.
Defining tort law
Aims, policies, history and methods of tort law
Tort law in practice
Part 2. Intentional torts to persons or property.
Direct and intentional interference with the person
Intentional interference with real property : trespass to land
Intentional interference with tangible personal property: trespass to chattels and conversion
Defenses to intentional torts
Consent
Part 3. Negligent physical harms to persons or property: Subpart A. The prima facie case
The negligence action: an introduction
Duty and the ordinary standard of reasonable care under the circumstances
Importing statutory standards of care: negligence per se
Breach of duty
Proving negligence claims
Actual harm & factual cause
Scope of liability (proximate cause)
Subpart B: Defenses.
Fault of the plaintiff
Assumption of the risk
Statutes of limitation and federal preemption
Part 4: Expanded or limited duties of care in physical harm cases.
Expanded duties of care: carriers, innkeepers and fiduciaries
Premises liability
Liability of health care providers
Liability of government entities, officers and employees
Family members and charities
Professional risk-takers
Limiting liability for non-action
Duty to protect from third persons and from self-harm
Part 5. Special types of harm.
Prenatal and birth-related injury
Wrongful death and survival actions
Emotional harm
Nuisance
Part 6. Vicarious liability, strict liability, and products liability.
Vicarious liability for physical harms
Strict liability for animals and abnormally dangerous activities
Products liability
Part 7. Damages, apportionment, and alternative systems.
Damages
Apportionment of liability among parties
Alternative systems for compensating injury
Part 8. Dignitary and economic torts. Subpart A. Dignitary torts.
Defamation
Privacy
Misusing judicial process
Interference with family relationships
Subpart B. Economic torts.
Economic torts and economic loss rules
Interference with contract and economic interests
Misrepresentation and falsehoods
Economic harm to intangible interests by conversion or spoliation
Legal malpractice
Unfair competition: trademarks, trade secrets and publicity rights.
Note
Includes index.
Type of File
West Academic eProducts doc viewer.
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Mode of access: The purchase of an online book carries a 12-month license for online-use only. These products can be viewed on any devide with an internet connection. There is no downloadable text or PDF made available to customers.
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Description based on e-publication title page, viewed January 18, 2016.
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