The Law Of Torts

by Glannon, Joseph W.

• ISBN13: 9780735540248
• ISBN10: 0735540241
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-19
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

Both students and instructors will welcome the new edition of Joseph W. Glannon's the Law of Torts: Examples & Explanations . This popular study guide provides clear, engaging introductions To The principles of tort law, along with interesting examples that illustrate how the principles apply in typical cases. These distinctive characteristics earned the book its reputation for effectiveness: highly respected author, whose best-selling Civil Procedure: Examples & Explanations uniquely entertaining writing style that captures and holds student interest coverage of the standard topics from most Torts courses - intentional torts, negligence, causation, duty, damages, liability of multiple defendants, And The effect of the plaintiff's conduct three-chapter section on Taking a Torts Essay Exam supplies guidance, tips, and sample exam questions and answers the Third Edition introduces important new material: two new chapters on Products Liability, one on theories of recovery in strict products liability cases and one on common defenses to strict products liability claims completely updated text, with citations reflecting the most current law

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Special Notice	xv
PART ONE: INTENTIONAL TORTS	1	(66)
1. Fundamental Protections: The Tort of Battery	3	(20)
2. The Action for Assault: A Tort Ahead of Its Time	23	(20)
3. The Far Side of the Coin: Classic Defenses to Intentional Torts	43	(24)
PART TWO: THE CONCEPT OF NEGLIGENCE	67	(70)
4. That Odious Character: The Reasonable Person	69	(24)
5. Borrowing Standards of Care: Violation of Statute as Negligence	93	(20)
6. A Phrase in Latin: Res Ipsa Loquitur	113	(24)
PART THREE: THE CAUSATION ENIGMA	137	(72)
7. Reconstructing History: Determining "Cause in Fact"	139	(20)
8. Risks Reconsidered: Complex Issues in Establishing Factual Cause	159	(24)
9. Drawing a Line Somewhere: Proximate Cause	183	(26)
PART FOUR THE DUTY ELEMENT	209	(130)
10. The Elusive Element of Duty: Two Principles in Search of an Exception	211	(26)
11. Vicarious Displeasure: Claims for Indirect Infliction of Emotional Distress and Loss of Consortium	237	(26)
12. Caveat Actor: Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities	263	(22)
13. Strict Products Liability: Basic Theories of Recovery	285	(28)
14. More Products Liability: Common "Defenses" to Strict Products Liability Claims	313	(26)
PART FIVE: DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY	339	(72)
15. Personal Injury Damages: The Elements of Compensation	341	(24)
16. Astrological Calculations: Valuing Future Damages	365	(24)
17. Compensating Somebody: Wrongful Death and Survival Actions	389	(22)
PART SIX: INTERLUDE: ANALYZING A PERSONAL INJURY CASE	411	(26)
18. Some Legal Anatomy: Thinking Like a Tort Lawyer	413	(24)
PART SEVEN: LIABILITY OF MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS	437	(62)
19. Joint and Several Liability: The Classic Rules	439	(18)
20. Honor Among Thieves: Basic Principles of Contribution	457	(20)
21. Please Pass the Liability: Respondeat Superior and Nondelegable Duties	477	(22)
PART EIGHT: THE EFFECT OF PLAINTIFF'S CONDUCT	499	(70)
22. The Once and Future Defense: Assumption of the Risk	501	(24)
23. Casting the Second Stone: Comparative Negligence	525	(26)
24. The Fracturing of the Common Law: Loss Allocation in the Comparative Negligence Era	551	(18)
PART NINE: TAKING A TORTS ESSAY EXAM	569	(58)
25. The Pot at the End of the Rainbow: Analyzing Torts Issues on an Essay Exam	571	(26)
26. Dandelions in the Bluebook Garden: Six Classic Exam Writing Mistakes	597	(14)
27. Practice Makes Perfect: Examples and Explanations	611	(16)
Index	627