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9780766812307

Torts Personal Injury Litigation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780766812307

  • ISBN10:

    0766812308

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-09-12
  • Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
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"Torts Personal Injury Litigation", 4th Edition is a necessity for paralegal and legal secretary students. Complete with current "hot topic" legal issues, this 4th edition provides an in-depth overview of the law of torts and identifies the role of the paralegal within tort litigation. Case studies examine such timely controversial issues as AIDS, the alleged tort committed by President Clinton, breast implants and attacks on abortion clinics. These case studies allow the reader to examine court opinions, which are the central documents in the law of torts.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Tort Law and Practice
1(26)
Legal Analysis in Tort Law
27(22)
Tort Litigation and Paralegal Roles
49(46)
Foreseeability in Tort Law
95(10)
Battery
105(14)
Assault
119(12)
False Imprisonment and False Arrest
131(16)
Misuse of Legal Process
147(12)
Infliction of Emotional Distress
159(20)
Conversion and Trespass to Chattels
179(12)
Strict Liability
191(14)
Negligence: A Summary
205(8)
Negligence: Element I: Duty
213(16)
Negligence: Element II: Breach of Duty (Unreasonableness)
229(36)
Negligence: Element III: Proximate Cause
265(20)
Negligence: Element IV: Damages
285(18)
Negligence: Defenses
303(18)
Medical Malpractice and Legal Malpractice
321(24)
Products Liability
345(42)
Mass Tort Litigation
387(38)
Survival and Wrongful Death
425(8)
Torts Against and Within the Family
433(12)
Torts Connected with Land
445(30)
Defamation
475(24)
Invasion of Privacy
499(14)
Misrepresentation, Tortious Interference, and Other Torts
513(22)
Additional Tort Defenses
535(32)
Workers' Compensation
567(18)
Settlement
585(48)
Appendix A Basic Medical Anatomy 633(20)
Appendix B Survey of Negligence Law in the United States 653(8)
Appendix C Automobile Accident and Investigation Checklist 661(10)
Appendix D Sample Accident Report Filed with Police Department 671(4)
Appendix E Resources: State Agencies Relevant to a Torts Practice 675(8)
Appendix F Verdicts and Settlements 683(4)
Appendix G Automobile Insurance 687(6)
Appendix H Legal Nurse 693(2)
Appendix I Disabling Injuries and Death: Some Statistics 695(6)
Appendix J ``Do you Seldomly Swear...'' 701(4)
Glossary 705

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