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Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes, and Problems, Second Edition » (2nd Edition)

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Authors: Arthur Best, David W. Barnes
ISBN-13: 9780735563155, ISBN-10: 0735563152
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Date Published: February 2007
Edition: 2nd Edition

Author Biography: Arthur Best

Book Synopsis

• Introduction
• Intentional Torts
• Negligence: The Duty of Reasonable Care
• Proving Breach
• Legal Cause: Cause-in-Fact
• Limits on Liability: Duty and Proximate Cause
• Defenses
• Apportionment of Damages
• Professionals
• Owners and Occupiers of Land
• Special Duty Rules
• Damages
• Traditional Strict Liability
• Products Liability
• Trespass and Nuisance
• Defamation
• Alternatives to Litigation

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
I	In General	1
II	Categories of Tort Law	1
III	Organization of This Book	2
IV	Typical Stages of Tort Litigation	2
V	How Tort Law Works Now: An Empirical View	4
	Do We Really Know Anything about the Behavior of the Tort Litigation System - And Why Not?	4
VI	How Tort Law Serves Society	8
	Sixty Years of Torts: Lessons for the Future	8
	The Critics and the "Crisis": A Reassessment of Current Conceptions of Tort Law	11
Ch. 2	Intentional Torts	15
I	Introduction	15
II	Battery	15
III	Assault	39
IV	Defenses to Assault and Battery	49
V	Infliction of Emotional Distress	73
Ch. 3	Negligence: The Duty of Reasonable Care	91
I	Introduction	91
II	The "Reasonable Person" Standard	92
III	The Range of Application of the Reasonable Person Standard	102
IV	Recklessness	130
Ch. 4	Proving Breach	137
I	Introduction	137
II	Violation of a Statute	138
III	Industry Custom	154
IV	Res Ispa Loquitur	159
Ch. 5	Legal Cause: Cause-In-Fact	171
I	Introduction	171
II	Basic Cause-in-Fact: The But-For Test	172
III	Alternatives to the But-For Test	178
Ch. 6	Limits on Liability: Duty and Proximate Cause	217
I	Introduction	217
II	Duty	224
III	Proximate Cause	235
Ch. 7	Defenses	283
I	Introduction	283
II	Plaintiff's Contributory Fault	283
III	Assumption of Risk	305
IV	Mitigation and Avoidable Consequences	320
V	Immunities	326
VI	Statutes of Limitation and Repose	344
Ch. 8	Apportionment of Damages	355
I	Introduction	355
II	Apportioning Damages Among Liable Defendants	355
III	Vicarious Liability	387
Ch. 9	Professionals	405
I	Introduction	405
II	Professional Standard's Basic Definition and Rationale	405
III	Applying the Professional Standard in Medical Cases	419
IV	Additional Medical Malpractice Issues	433
V	Legal Malpractice and the Professional Standard	442
Ch. 10	Owners and Occupiers of Land	451
I	Introduction	451
II	Traditional Rules	452
III	Modern Approaches	489
Ch. 11	Special Duty Rules	505
I	Introduction	505
II	Duty to Rescue or Protect	505
III	Duty Limited by Type of Harm	528
IV	Primary Assumption of Risk	560
Ch. 12	Damages	573
I	Introduction	573
II	Compensatory Damages	573
III	Punitive Damages	606
IV	Adjustments to Damages: Collateral Sources and Statutory Ceilings	618
Ch. 13	Traditional Strict Liability	631
I	Introduction	631
II	Injuries Caused by Animals	631
III	Selected Dangerous Activities	640
Ch. 14	Products Liability	653
I	Introduction	653
II	Allowing "Strangers" to Recover for Negligence: Abrogation of the Privity Requirement	653
III	Allowing Recovery Without Proof of Negligence: Development of Strict Liability	657
Ch. 15	Trespass and Nuisance	727
I	Trespass	727
II	Nuisance	749
III	Remedies	760
Ch. 16	Defamation	771
I	Introduction	771
II	Defamatory Statements	776
III	Qualified and Absolute Privileges	792
IV	Constitutionally Required Proof of Fault	800
Ch. 17	Alternatives to Litigation	829
I	Introduction	829
II	Replacing Litigation with Insurance Systems	829
	Table of Cases	859
	Table of Statutes and Other Authorities	871
	Index	881

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