Tort Law

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO TORT LAW AND PRACTICE

1.      Introduction to Tort Law

2.      Tort Practice and Applications

 

PART II: INTENTIONAL TORTS, DEFENSES AND REMEDIES

3.      Intentional Torts

4.      Defenses to Intentional Torts and Remedies

 

PART III: NEGLIGENCE, DEFENSES AND REMEDIES

5.      Negligence

6.      Defenses to Negligence and Remedies

 

PART IV: STRICT LIABILITY AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY, DEFENSES AND REMEDIES

7.      Introduction to Strict Liability: Harm Caused by Animals and Other Abnormally Dangerous Conditions or Activities

8.      Products Liability

9.      Strict Liability Tort Defenses and Remedies

 

PART V: OTHER TORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS TORT MATTERS

10.  Defamation and Disparagement of Property

11.  Invasion of Privacy

12.  Misrepresentation, Tortious Interference and the Prima Facie Tort

13.  Survival, Wrongful Death, and Wrongful Birth and Life

14.  Joint Tortfeasors and Vicarious Liability

15.  Immunity from Tort Law

16.  Mass Torts, the Role of Insurance and Workers’ Compensation

 

APPENDIX A: SAMPLE COURT CASE

APPENDIX B: SAMPLE CASE BRIEF

APPENDIX C: SAMPLE LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE

APPENDIX D: SAMPLE LEGAL MEMORANDUM

APPENDIX E: SAMPLE NEGLIGENCE COMPLAINT

APPENDIX F: SAMPLE SETTLEMENT AGREEEMENT

GLOSSARY

INDEX