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Tort Law for Legal Assistants

ISBN: 9780314126351 | 031412635X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning
Pub. Date: 8/27/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
This is an easy-to-read text for paralegals/legal assistants who are studying the basic elements of tort and insurance law. The author uses hypothetical situations designed to stimulate reader interest and suggest general issues to be discussed. Tort Teasers pose questions and present actual cases that challenge the reader to apply and integrate the tort law concepts presented. Practical pointers highlight procedural skills relevant to legal assistants. Case studies used represent those most likely encountered in actual practice and provide opportunities to practice reading and analyzing cases.
Prefacexiii(2)
Table of Cases
xv
PART I INTRODUCTION1(56)
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
... MORE(13)
Chapter Objectives
3(1)
Background
4(1)
What Is a Tort?
4(1)
Reasonableness of Conduct
4(2)
Public Policy
6(1)
Morality of Conduct
6(1)
"Slippery Slope" Arguments
6(1)
Creation of Case Law
7(1)
Relationship Between Tort Law and Other Areas of the Law
7(2)
Brief History of Tort Law
9(1)
Case: Case & Davis v. Mark
10(2)
Coming Full Circle
12(1)
Classification of Torts
13(1)
Summary
14(1)
Tort Teasers
15(1)
Key Terms
15(1)
CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW OF A TORT CASE
16(10)
Chapter Objectives
16(1)
Hypothetical Tort Case
17(1)
Initiating a Complaint
18(1)
Defendant's Response
19(1)
Discovery
20(1)
Pretrial Procedures
21(1)
Trial
21(2)
Posttrial
23(1)
Emphasis on Discovery Throughout This Text
23(1)
Summary
23(1)
Tort Teasers
24(1)
Key Terms
24(2)
CHAPTER 3 INTENTIONAL TORTS
26(31)
Chapter Objectives
26(1)
What Is an Intentional Tort?
27(1)
Intentional Torts Against Persons
28(5)
Intentional Torts Against Property
33(4)
Defenses
37(5)
Case: Katko v. Briney
42(7)
Summary
49(2)
Practice Pointers
51(3)
Tort Teasers
54(1)
Key Terms
55(2)
PART II WHAT TO SUE FOR57(298)
CHAPTER 4 NEGLIGENCE: AN OVERVIEW
59(12)
Chapter Objectives
59(2)
Definition of Negligence
61(1)
Duty
62(1)
Breach of Duty
62(1)
Professionals
62(1)
Causation
63(1)
Damages
64(1)
Function of Judge and Jury
65(1)
Application
66(1)
Summary
67(1)
Practice Pointers
68(1)
Tort Teasers
69(1)
Key Terms
70(1)
CHAPTER 5 NEGLIGENCE: DUTY
71(29)
Chapter Objectives
71(1)
Overview of Duty
72(1)
Possessors of Land
72(1)
Trespassers
73(3)
Licensees
76(1)
Invitees
77(2)
Common Law Distinctions Today
79(1)
Outside the Possessor's Property
79(1)
Landlord/Tenant Liability
80(1)
Case: Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment Corp.
81(6)
Sellers of Land
87(1)
Duty to Protect or Aid Others
87(3)
Case: Riss v. New York (dissent)
90(4)
Unborn Children
94(1)
Vicarious Liability
95(1)
Application
96(1)
Summary
96(1)
Practice Pointers
97(1)
Tort Teasers
98(1)
Key Terms
99(1)
CHAPTER 6 NEGLIGENCE: BREACH OF DUTY
100(23)
Chapter Objectives
100(1)
What Is Reasonable Conduct?
101(1)
Learned Hand Formula
101(2)
Case: Eimann v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine, Inc.
103(5)
Restatement Position
108(1)
Reasonable Person Standard--Objective versus Subjective
109(1)
What the Reasonable Person Is Expected to Know
109(2)
Defendants with Special Characteristics
111(1)
Children
111(1)
Emergencies
112(1)
Case: Cordas v. Peerless Transportation Co.
112(2)
Custom
114(1)
Professions
115(1)
Negligence Per Se
115(2)
Automobile Guest Statutes
117(1)
Res Ipsa Loquitur
118(2)
Application
120(1)
Summary
120(1)
Practice Pointers
121(1)
Tort Teasers
122(1)
CHAPTER 7 NEGLIGENCE: CAUSATION
123(26)
Chapter Objectives
123(1)
Actual Cause
124(3)
Case: Wollen v. DePaul Health Center
127(2)
Proximate Cause
129(1)
Case: Palsgraf v. Long Island Rail Co.
130(8)
Exceptions to the Cardozo Rule
138(1)
Intervening Causes
139(2)
Case: Ontiveros v. Borak
141(4)
Jury Question
145(1)
Application
145(1)
Summary
146(1)
Practice Pointers
147(1)
Tort Teasers
147(1)
Key Terms
148(1)
CHAPTER 8 NEGLIGENCE: DAMAGES
149(31)
Chapter Objectives
149(1)
Categories of Damages
150(1)
Illustration of Damages
151(3)
Shortened Life Expectancy
154(1)
Collateral Source Rule
154(1)
Expenses of Litigation
155(1)
Damages for Physical Harm to Property
155(1)
Damages in Product Liability Cases
156(1)
Punitive Damages
156(7)
Recovery for Loss of Consortium
163(1)
Assessment of Damages
164(2)
Wrongful Death and Survival Actions
166(2)
Discounting Future Damages
168(1)
Structured Settlements
169(1)
Mitigation of Damages
169(1)
Mental Suffering
170(1)
Application
172(1)
Summary
172(1)
Practice Pointers
173(4)
Tort Teasers
177(1)
Key Terms
178(2)
CHAPTER 9 NEGLIGENCE: DEFENSES
180(29)
Chapter Objectives
180(1)
Contributory Negligence
181(4)
Comparative Negligence
185(1)
Case: McIntyre v. Balentine
186(6)
Case: Li v. Yellow Cab Co.
192(3)
Assumption of Risk
195(3)
Immunities
198(4)
Statutes of Limitations and Statutes of Repose
202(2)
Application
204(1)
Summary
204(2)
Practice Pointers
206(1)
Tort Teasers
207(1)
Key Terms
208(1)
CHAPTER 10 MALPRACTICE
209(22)
Chapter Objectives
209(1)
What Is Reasonable Care?
210(1)
How Negligence Can Occur
210(2)
Case: Togstad v. Vesely, Otto, Miller & Keefe
212(6)
Specialists
218(1)
Informed Consent
218(2)
Battery versus Negligence
220(1)
Defenses to Professional Negligence
221(1)
Maintaining Adequate Records
222(1)
Underlying Causes of Professional Negligence Suits
222(1)
How to Prevent Professional Negligence Suits
223(3)
Medical Malpractice Crisis
226(1)
Summary
226(1)
Practice Pointers
227(2)
Tort Teasers
229(1)
Key Terms
230(1)
CHAPTER 11 MISREPRESENTATION NUISANCE, AND OTHER TORTS
231(37)
Chapter Objectives
231(1)
Development of Misrepresentation and Its Relationship to Other Torts
232(1)
Intentional Misrepresentation
232(8)
Negligent Misrepresentation
240(3)
Case: Gibbs v. Ernst
243(6)
Innocent Misrepresentation
249(1)
Nuisance
250(4)
Case: Wood v. Picillo
254(4)
Interference with Business Relations
258(2)
Misuse of Legal Process
260(3)
Summary
263(1)
Practice Pointers
264(2)
Tort Teasers
266(1)
Key Terms
267(1)
CHAPTER 12 STRICT LIABILITY
268(17)
Chapter Objectives
268(1)
Overview of Strict Liability
269(1)
Strict Liability for Harm Caused by Animals
270(1)
Abnormally Dangerous Activities
271(1)
.Case: Yukon Equipment, Inc. v. Firemen's Fund Insurance Co.
272(6)
Product Liability
278(1)
Limitations on Strict Liability
279(1)
Summary
280(1)
Practice Pointers
281(2)
Tort Teasers
283(1)
Key Terms
284(1)
CHAPTER 13 PRODUCT LIABILITY
285(36)
Chapter Objectives
285(1)
Overview of Product Liability
286(1)
Theories of Recovery
286(13)
Types of Losses
299(1)
Types of Defects
300(2)
Case: Turner v. General Motors Corp.
302(8)
Defenses
310(2)
Preemption
312(3)
Summary
315(1)
Practice Pointers
316(1)
Tort Teasers
317(2)
Key Terms
319(2)
CHAPTER 14 DEFAMATION AND RELATED TORTS
321(34)
Chapter Objectives
321(1)
Libel versus Slander
322(2)
What Is a Defamatory Statement?
324(5)
Case: Street v. National Broadcasting Co.
329(7)
Privileges
336(2)
Invasion of Privacy
338(1)
Case: Douglass v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.
339(11)
Summary
350(1)
Practice Pointers
351(1)
Tort Teasers
352(2)
Key Terms
354(1)
PART III WHOM TO SUE355(46)
CHAPTER 15 VICARIOUS LIABILITY
357(21)
Chapter Objectives
357(1)
Overview of Vicarious Liability
358(1)
Employer-Employee Relationship
358(3)
Employers-Independent Contractors
361(1)
Case: Santiago v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
361(8)
Bailments
369(2)
Imputed Contributory Negligence
371(1)
Parental Liability
372(1)
Summary
373(1)
Practice Pointers
374(2)
Tort Teasers
376(1)
Key Terms
377(1)
CHAPTER 16 JOINT LIABILITY
378(23)
Chapter Objectives
378(1)
Joint and Several Liability
379(2)
Case: Hall v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co
381(7)
Satisfaction
388(1)
Contribution
388(1)
Release
388(2)
Case: Panasuk v. Seaton
390(3)
"Mary Carter" or "Gallagher" Agreements
393(2)
Indemnification
395(2)
Summary
397(1)
Practice Pointers
398(2)
Tort Teasers
400(1)
Key Terms
400(1)
PART IV TORTS IN PRACTICE401(76)
CHAPTER 17 TORT REFORM
403(27)
Chapter Objectives
403(1)
Goals of the Tort System
404(1)
Historicals Roots of Tort Reform
405(1)
Focus of Today's Reformers
406(5)
Is There Really a Problem?
411(1)
Tort Reform in Practice
412(4)
Case: BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, Jr.
416(11)
Summary
427(1)
Tort Teasers
428(2)
CHAPTER 18 AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
430(14)
Chapter Objectives
430(1)
Overview of Automobile Insurance
431(1)
Automobile Liability Coverage
432(2)
Medical Payment Coverage
434(1)
Comprehensive Coverage
434(1)
Collision Insurance
435(1)
Miscellaneous Coverage
435(1)
Uninsured Motorist Coverage
435(1)
Underinsured Motorist Coverage
436(1)
Arbitration
437(1)
Termination
437(1)
No-Fault Insurance
438(1)
Summary
439(1)
Practice Pointers
440(1)
Tort Teasers
441(1)
Key Terms
442(2)
CHAPTER 19 BAD FAITH
444(17)
Chapter Objectives
444(1)
How Bad Faith Is Committed
445(1)
Historical Development of Bad Faith
445(1)
Overview of Bad Faith
446(1)
First-Party versus Third-Party Claims
447(4)
Case: General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. Ltd. v. Little
451(5)
Declaratory Judgement Actions
456(1)
Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage
456(2)
Summary
458(1)
Practice Pointers
458(1)
Tort Teasers
459(1)
Key Terms
460(1)
CHAPTER 20 WORKERS' COMPENSATION
461(16)
Chapter Objectives
461(1)
What Is Workers' Compensation?
462(1)
Historical Background
462(1)
The Statutory Framework
463(1)
Today's Systems
464(7)
Filing a Workers' Compensation Claim
471(2)
Current Issues in Workers' Compensation
473(1)
Summary
473(1)
Practice Pointers
474(1)
Tort Teasers
475(1)
Key Terms
475(2)
APPENDIX A Suggested Responses to "Putting It into Practice" Exercises477(25)
APPENDIX B Interviewing502(9)
APPENDIX C Overview of Insurance511(10)
APPENDIX D Sample Insurance Policy521(43)
GLOSSARY564(5)
INDEX569

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