Tort Law

J. Stanley Edwards has been an Arizona attorney since 1975. Although he started out as a patent attorney, he has been a general practitioner for all but two of those years. He has co-authored five textbooks on paralegal studies with his late wife, Dr. Linda Edwards. He was a judge pro tem in the civil division of the Maricopa County Superior Court, now called family court. In addition, he is a certified arbitrator in the District Court of Arizona. He has also practiced before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and is an inactive member of the State Bar of Colorado. Traci Cull has been an Indiana attorney since 1996. She began in real estate law, but has primarily focused on writing and teaching for the last twenty years. She has taught in multiple programs and at multiple higher education institutes in areas of paralegal law, criminal law, business and ethics. She has also advised for many online programs and served on development committees and as a paralegal advisor to students through the years. She has developed a multitude of material and classes on compliance, legal textbook supplementals, bar exam review questions and teaching online lessons. She loves instructional and course design as well as subject matter authoring of all legal subjects. She is a licensed mediator and compassionate trust leader, and she particularly enjoys teaching about alternative dispute resolution.

1. Overview of Tort Law.
2. Overview of a Tort Case.
3. Intentional Torts.
4. Negligence: Duty.
5. Negligence: Breach of Duty.
6. Negligence: Causation.
7. Negligence: Damages.
8. Negligence: Defenses.
9. Malpractice.
10. Misrepresentation, Nuisance, and Other Torts.
11. Strict Liability.
12. Product Liability.
13. Defamation and Related Torts.
14. Vicarious Liability.
15. Joint Liability.
16. Tort Reform.
17. Automobile Insurance.
18. Bad Faith.
19. Workers' Compensation.
Appendix A: Suggested Responses to Putting It into Practice" Exercises and Answers to Practice Exams.
Appendix B: Interviewing.
Appendix C: Overview of Insurance."