Torts in a Nutshell

by Kionka, Edward J.

• ISBN13: 9780314235251
• ISBN10: 0314235256
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Table of Cases	xvii
PART I. INTRODUCTION
Prologue: Origins, Objectives, and Overviews of Tort Liability	1	(28)
The Definitional Dilemma	1	(4)
Functions, Goals and Justifications of Tort Law	5	(8)
The Evolution of Tort Concepts and Remedies	13	(12)
The Roles of Judges and Juries	25	(4)
Cause in Fact	29	(8)
Cause in Fact (R. §§ 430--34)	29	(8)
PART II. PHYSICAL HARM
Strict Liability	37	(17)
Basis of Strict Liability	37	(2)
Animals, Statutory Strict Liability	39	(3)
Abnormally Dangerous Activities	42	(9)
Scope of Strict Liability	51	(3)
Liability for Negligent Conduct	54	(66)
Standards of Conduct: Of Risks and Reasonable Persons	54	(16)
Sources of Standards of Conduct	70	(8)
Proof of Negligence	78	(10)
Scope of Liability: Proximate or ``Legal'' Cause	88	(14)
The Concept of Duty	102	(10)
Degrees of Negligence	112	(4)
Willful and Wanton Misconduct	116	(4)
Defenses to Negligence Liability	120	(25)
Contributory Negligence	120	(5)
Comparative Negligence	125	(4)
Imputed Contributory Negligence	129	(2)
Assumption of Risk	131	(10)
Mitigation of Damages and Avoidable Consequences	141	(1)
Statutes of Limitations and Repose	142	(3)
Liability for Intentional Misconduct	145	(33)
Intent	145	(4)
Battery	149	(2)
Assault	151	(2)
False Imprisonment	153	(3)
Intentional or Reckless Infliction of Emotional Distress	156	(5)
Trespass to Land	161	(6)
Chattels	167	(11)
Defenses to Liability for Intentional Misconduct	178	(22)
In General	178	(2)
Consent	180	(5)
Defense of Self and Others	185	(3)
Defense and Recovery of Property	188	(5)
Necessity	193	(2)
Authority of Law	195	(3)
Discipline	198	(2)
Special Liability Rules for Particular Activities	200	(146)
Introduction	200	(1)
A. OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND
Liability to Persons Off the Premises	201	(4)
Trespassing Adults	205	(7)
Trespassing Children	212	(8)
Licensees and Invitees	220	(12)
Rejection of Categories	232	(2)
Lessors	234	(8)
Vendors and Vendees	242	(3)
B. PRODUCTS LIABILITY
An Overview of Products Liability	245	(16)
C. EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS
Vicarious Liability	261	(2)
Employees	263	(7)
Independent Contractors	270	(6)
Employer's Liability to Employee; Workers' Compensation	276	(7)
Railroad Employees	283	(3)
Maritime Employees	286	(5)
D. AUTOMOBILES
Special Automobile Liability Rules	291	(5)
Automobile Accident Compensation	296	(12)
E. OTHER SPECIAL LIABILITY RULES
Medical and Other Professional Negligence (``Malpractice'')	308	(3)
Nuisance and Environmental Law	311	(15)
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress	326	(6)
Prenatal Harm	332	(3)
Alcoholic Beverages	335	(2)
Interference With Federal Constitutional Rights	337	(9)
Damages for Physical Harm	346	(35)
Compensatory Damages	346	(12)
Consequential Damages	358	(4)
Punitive Damages	362	(6)
Allocation Among Tortfeasors	368	(13)
PART III. TORT AND CONTRACT
Tort and Contract	381	(10)
Parties to the Contract	381	(4)
Liability to Third Persons Not Parties to the Contract	385	(6)
PART IV. IMMUNITIES
Immunities	391	(20)
Government and Its Employees	391	(11)
Charities	402	(3)
Spouses, Parents and Children	405	(6)
PART V. SURVIVAL AND WRONGFUL DEATH
Survival and Wrongful Death	411	(22)
Survival of Tort Actions	411	(4)
Wrongful Death	415	(5)
Wrongful Death: Beneficiaries and Damages	420	(8)
Wrongful Death: Defenses	428	(5)
PART VI. INJURIES TO OTHER INTERESTS
Defamation	433	(23)
Defamation	433	(5)
Libel and Slander	438	(2)
Publication	440	(2)
Fault	442	(3)
Defenses	445	(8)
Damages	453	(3)
Privacy	456	(6)
In General	456	(1)
Appropriation	457	(1)
Unreasonable Intrusion	458	(1)
Public Disclosure of Private Facts	459	(1)
False Light in the Public Eye	460	(2)
Misrepresentation and Non-disclosure	462	(35)
Remedies for Misrepresentation	462	(5)
Basis of Liability	467	(7)
Scope of Liability	474	(6)
Representation and Nondisclosure	480	(3)
Reliance	483	(3)
Opinion, Prediction, and Intention	486	(6)
Damages for Misrepresentation	492	(5)
Index	497