目录
目 录
前言
Chapter Ⅰ INTRODUCTION
What Is Tort Law
Why Do We Study Tort Law
Unintentional Harm
Hammontree v.Jenner
Notes and Comments
Supplemental Reading
I.Ashtray Falling from Above
II.Definition of Tort Law (Selected)
III.For Every Wrong There is a Remedy ...Or is There?
Notes and Comments:
Chapter Ⅱ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅰ)
Standard of Care
Elements of Cause of Action
Probability,Burden and Liability
United States v.Carroll Towing Co.
Notes and Comments
Negligence
Davison v.Snohomish County
Effect of Statute
Martin v.Herzog
Standard of Care and Unreasonable Risk
Adams v.Bullock
Benjamin N.Cardozo (1870-1938)
Aggravated Negligence
Chapter Ⅲ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅱ)
Proof of Negligence
Proving Negligence
Byrne v.Boadle
Notes and Comments:
Larson v.St.Francis Hotel
Notes and Comments:
Multiple Defendants
Ybarra v.Spangard
Notes and Comments:
Chapter Ⅳ CAUSATION
Cause in Fact
Perkins v.Texas and New Orleans Ry.Co.
Notes and Comments
Summers v.Tice
Sindell v.Abbott Laboratories
Notes and Comments
Chapter Ⅴ UNFORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES
Unexpected Result
In re an Arbitration Between Polemisand Another And Furness,Withy Co.,Ltd.
Notes and Comments
Unexpected Victim
Palsgraf v.Long Island Railroad Co.
Proximate Cause
Petition of Kinsman Transit Co.
Intervening Causes
Derdiarian v.Felix Contracting Corp.
Secondary Accidents
McCoy v.American Suzuki Motor Corp.
The Rescue Doctrine
Does the Rescue Doctrine Apply in Product Liability Actions?
Must Plaintiff Show Proximate Causation Under the Rescue Doctrine?
Did Suzuki Proximately Cause McCoy’s Injuries?
Notes and Comments
Chapter Ⅵ DEFENSES (Ⅰ)
Plaintiff’s Conduct: Contributory & Comparative Negligence
Introduction
Contributory Negligence
Butterfield v.Forrester
Comparative Negligence
Daly v.General Motors Corporation
Notes and Comments
Assumption of Risk
Winterstein v.Wilcom
Notes and Comments
Assumption of Implied Risk
Rush v.Commercial Realty Co.
Notes and Comments
Chapter Ⅶ DEFENSES (Ⅱ)
Statutory Bars
Introduction
Statute of Limitations and Repose
Teeters v.Currey
Tort Liability of Municipalities
Riss v.City of New York(https://www.daowen.com)
Undying Love
Immunity
DeLong v.Erie County
Chapter Ⅷ REMEDIES
Compensatory & Punitive Damages
Damages For Physical Harm
Allocation Among Tortfeasors
Personal Injury Remedies
Anderson v.Sears,Roebuck & Co.
Richardson v.Chapman
Notes and Comments
“Grossly Excessive” Punitive Damages
BMW of North America,Inc.v.Gore
Intentional Trespass
Jacque v.Steenberg Homes,Inc.
Notes and Comments
Chapter Ⅸ MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Introduction
Doctor/Patient Relationship
Moore v.Regents of University of California
Notes and Comments
Helling v.Carey
Henning v.Thomas
Chapter Ⅹ PRODUCT LIABILITY & STRICT LIABILITY
Product Liability
MacPherson v.Buick Motor Co.
Notes and Comments
Strict Liability
Greenman v.Yuba Power Products,Inc.
Notes and Comments
Abnormally Dangerous Activity
Rylands v.Fletcher
Notes and Comments
Indiana Harbor Belt R.R.Co.v.American Cyanamid Co.
Notes and Comments
Manufacturing Defect
Rix v.General Motors Corp.
Instruction No.10
Instruction No.11
Design Defect
O’Brien v.Muskin Corp.
Notes and Comments
Chapter Ⅺ INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF MENTAL DISTRESS
State Rubbish Collectors Ass’n v.Siliznoff
Emotional Distress
Womack v.Eldridge
First Amendment Over Parody
Hustler Magazine,Inc.v.Falwell
Adventures of Larry Flynt
Chapter Ⅻ DEFAMATION
Defamation
Defamation and Freedom of Speech
New York Times Co.v.Sullivan
Private Individuals
Gertz v.Robert Welch,Inc.
Notes and Comments
Commercial Speech
Dun & Bradstreet,Inc.v.Greenmoss Builders
Chapter ⅫⅠ PRIVACY & PUBLICITY
Privacy
Flake v.Greensboro News Co.
Celebrity and Paparazzi
Galella v.Onassis
Gallela and Paparazzi
Right of Publicity
Carson v.Here’s Johnny Portable Toilets,Inc.
Notes and Comments
Bi-Rite Enters.,Inc.v.Button Master
Chapter ⅩⅣ ECONOMIC INJURIES (Ⅰ)
Misrepresentation
Concealment and Nondisclosure
Swinton v.Whitinsville Savings Bank
International Products Co.v.Erie R.R.Co.
Misrepresentation to Third Persons
Credit Alliance Corporation v.Arthur Andersen & Co.
Chapter ⅩⅤ ECONOMIC INJURIES (Ⅱ)
Tortious Interference With Advantageous Relations
Lumley v.Gye
Testing Systems,Inc.v.Magnaflux Corp.
Della Penna v.Toyota Motor Sales,U.S.A.,Inc.
Family Relations
Nash v.Baker