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