Torts

by Kionka, Edward J.

• ISBN13: 9780314021144
• ISBN10: 0314021140
• Edition: Disk
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-06-01
• Publisher: West Group

Summary

Liability Rules for Intentional Torts: Intent, Battery, Assault, False Imprisonment, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Trespass to Land, Chattels; Defenses to Liability for Intentional Torts (Privileges); Negligence: Elements of the Negligence Action, Negligent Conduct, Sources of Standards of Care, Proof of Negligence, Duty, Tort and Contract; Defenses to Negligence and Other Liability; Cause in Fact; Proximate (Legal) Cause; Owners and Occupiers of Land; Products Liability; Vicarious Liability; Employer's Liability to Employees; Automobiles; Medical and Other Professional Negligence ("Malpractice"); Nuisance; Negligent infliction of Emotional Distress; Prenatal Harm; Alcoholic Beverages; Interference with Federal Constitutional Rights; Economic Harm; Strict Liability; Damages for Physical Harm: Compensatory Damages, Consequential Damages, Punitive Damages, Allocation Among Tortfeasors; Survival and Wrongful Death; Misinterpretation; Defamation; Privacy.

Table of Contents

Capsule Summary of Tort Law	1	(82)
Perspective	83	(9)
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
General Consideration	92	(14)
Overview of Tort Law	92	(1)
The Definitional Dilemma	92	(1)
Purposes or Functions of Tort Law	93	(1)
Sources of Tort Law	93	(1)
Historical Development of Tort Law	93	(2)
The Roles of Judges and Juries	95	(2)
Tortious Conduct	97	(1)
Tort Duties and Contractual Duties	97	(1)
Tort Law and Criminal Law	97	(1)
Terms	97	(9)
PART TWO: INTENTIONAL TORTS
Liability Rules for Intentional Torts	106	(13)
Intent	106	(1)
Battery	107	(1)
Assault	108	(2)
False Imprisonment	110	(2)
Intentional or Reckless Infliction of Emotional Distress	112	(2)
Trespass to Land	114	(2)
Chattels	116	(2)
Review Questions	118	(1)
Defenses to Liability for Intentional Torts: Privileges	119	(17)
Privilege	119	(1)
Consent	120	(2)
Self-Defense and Defense of Others	122	(2)
Defense and Recovery of Property	124	(2)
Necessity	126	(1)
Authority of Law	126	(1)
Discipline	127	(1)
Review Questions	128	(8)
PART THREE: NEGLIGENCE
Negligence Liability Rules	136	(18)
The Elements of the Negligence Cause of Action	136	(1)
Characteristics of Negligent Conduct	136	(4)
Sources of Standards of Care	140	(3)
Proof of Negligence	143	(2)
Degrees of Negligence	145	(1)
Reckless Conduct (``Wilful and Wanton Misconduct'')	146	(1)
Duty Concepts and General Limitations	147	(4)
Duty: Tort and Contract	151	(2)
Review Questions	153	(1)
Defenses to Negligence and Other Liability	154	(19)
Contributory and Comparative Negligence	154	(4)
Last Clear Chance	158	(2)
Assumption of Risk	160	(4)
Statutes of Limitations and Repose	164	(2)
Immunities	166	(3)
Review Questions	169	(4)
PART FOUR: CAUSATION
Causation	173	(17)
Overview of Causation Issues	173	(1)
Cause in Fact	173	(4)
Proximate (Legal) Cause	177	(5)
Review Questions	182	(8)
PART FIVE: SPECIAL LIABILITY RULES FOR PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES
Overview	190	(1)
Owners and Occupiers of Land	190	(15)
Persons Liable	190	(1)
Persons Outside the Premises	190	(2)
Trespassing Adults	192	(1)
Trespassing Children (``Attractive Nuisance'' Doctrine)	193	(2)
Licensees and Invitees	195	(3)
Rejection of Categories	198	(1)
Lessors	198	(4)
Vendors and Vendees	202	(1)
Review Questions	203	(2)
Products Liability	205	(7)
Negligence	205	(1)
Breach of Warranty	206	(1)
Strict Tort Liability	207	(5)
Review Questions	212	(1)
Vicarious Liability	212	(4)
Introduction	212	(1)
Employers and Employees (Master-Servant)	212	(1)
Independent Contractors	213	(2)
Review Questions	215	(1)
Employer's Liability to Employees	216	(3)
Common Law Duties of Employer to Employee	216	(1)
Workers' Compensation	217	(1)
Retaliatory Discharge	218	(1)
Review Questions	219	(1)
Automobiles	219	(2)
Joint Enterprise	219	(1)
Owner-Passenger	219	(1)
Owner-Bailor	219	(1)
Family Purpose Doctrine	220	(1)
Consent Statutes	220	(1)
Guest Passengers	220	(1)
``No-Fault'' Auto Compensation Plans	220	(1)
Review Questions	220	(1)
Medical and Other Professional Negligence (``Malpractice'')	221	(3)
Standard of Care	221	(1)
Proof of Negligence, Standard of Care, and Causation	222	(1)
Informed Consent	223	(1)
The ``Medical Malpractice Crisis'' and Tort Reform	224	(1)
Nuisance	224	(4)
Introduction	224	(1)
Private Nuisance	224	(3)
Public Nuisance	227	(1)
Review Questions	228	(1)
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress	228	(2)
Introduction	228	(1)
Impact Rule	229	(1)
Zone of Danger Rule	229	(1)
Bystander Rule	229	(1)
Proximate Cause Limitations	229	(1)
Review Questions	230	(1)
Prenatal Harm	230	(2)
Child Born Alive	230	(1)
Child Not Born Alive	230	(1)
Unwanted Children	231	(1)
Review Questions	232	(1)
Alcoholic Beverages	232	(1)
Commercial Vendors of Alcohol	232	(1)
Social Hosts	232	(1)
Review Questions	233	(1)
Interference With Federal Constitutional Rights	233	(1)
Persons Acting Under Color of State Law	233	(1)
Federal Officers and Employees	233	(1)
Review Questions	233	(1)
Activities Causing Only Economic Harm	234	(5)
In General	234	(1)
Economic Loss Caused by Physical Harm to Another	234	(1)
Negligent Misrepresentation	234	(1)
Exceptions	234	(5)
PART SIX: STRICT LIABILITY
Strict Liability	239	(8)
Strict Liability for Animals	239	(1)
Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities	240	(2)
Review Questions	242	(5)
PART SEVEN: DAMAGES FOR PHYSICAL HARM
Damages for Physical Harm	247	(12)
Compensatory Damages	247	(2)
Consequential Damages	249	(1)
Punitive Damages	250	(1)
Allocation Among Tortfeasors	251	(3)
Review Questions	254	(5)
PART EIGHT: SURVIVAL AND WRONGFUL DEATH
Survival and Wrongful Death	259	(9)
Survival of Tort Actions	259	(1)
Wrongful Death	259	(3)
Review Questions	262	(6)
PART NINE: NON-PHYSICAL HARM-MISREPRESENTATION, DEFAMATION, AND PRIVACY
Misrepresentation	268	(7)
Introduction	268	(1)
Deceit	268	(4)
Negligent Misrepresentation	272	(2)
Innocent Misrepresentation	274	(1)
Review Questions	274	(1)
Defamation	275	(16)
General Rules	275	(3)
Libel and Slander	278	(2)
Publication	280	(1)
Fault	281	(2)
Defenses to Actions for Defamation	283	(5)
Damages	288	(2)
Review Questions	290	(1)
Privacy	291	(1)
Introduction	291	(1)
Appropriation	291	(1)
Intrusion	292	(1)
Public Disclosure of Private Facts	292	(1)
False Light in the Public Eye	293	(1)
Privileges	294	(1)
Damages	294	(1)
Persons Who May Sue	294	(1)
Review Questions	294	(3)
APPENDICES
A. Answers to Review Questions	297	(20)
B. Practice Examination Questions	317	(4)
C. A Suggested Analysis of the Practice Examination Questions	321	(10)
D. Glossary	331	(10)
E. Text Correlation Chart	341	(4)
F. Table of Cases	345	(2)
G. Index	347