Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz's torts : cases and materials / by Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, David F. Partlett.
2010
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Title
Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz's torts : cases and materials / by Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, David F. Partlett.
Uniform Title
Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz's cases and materials on torts.
Published
New York : Foundation Press/Thomson, 2010.
Call Number
KF1249 .P7 2010
Edition
Twelfth edition.
ISBN
9781599417042 (hbk.)
1599417049 (hbk.)
9781599417059 (pbk. ; teacher's manual)
1599417057 (pbk. ; teacher's manual)
1599417049 (hbk.)
9781599417059 (pbk. ; teacher's manual)
1599417057 (pbk. ; teacher's manual)
Description
xci, 1,276 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm + teacher's manual.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)646866694
Note
Revised edition of: Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz's cases and materials on torts. 10th edition 2000.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages ix-x) and index.
Series
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Online version: Schwartz, Victor E. Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz's torts. 12th ed. New York : Foundation Press/Thomson, 2010 (OCoLC)768073338
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Torts
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Library lacks teacher's manual.
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Table of Contents
Preface
iv
Acknowledgments
ix
Table of Cases
xix
ch. I
Development of Liability Based Upon Fault
1
ch. II
Intentional Interference With Person or Property
17
1.
Intent
17
2.
Battery
30
3.
Assault
37
4.
False Imprisonment
41
5.
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
51
6.
Trespass to Land
68
7.
Trespass to Chattels
74
8.
Conversion
81
A.
Nature of the Tort
81
B.
Effect of Good Faith
86
C.
Necessity of Demand; Return of Chattel
88
D.
Damages
89
E.
What May Be Converted
90
F.
Who May Maintain the Action
90
ch. III
Privileges
92
1.
Consent
92
2.
Self-Defense
104
3.
Defense of Others
107
4.
Defense of Property
108
5.
Recovery of Property
114
6.
Necessity
120
7.
Authority of Law
126
8.
Discipline
129
9.
Justification
130
ch. IV
Negligence
133
1.
History
133
2.
Elements of Cause of Action
134
3.
A Negligence Formula
135
4.
The Standard of Care
150
A.
The Reasonable Prudent Person
150
B.
The Professional
174
C.
Aggravated Negligence
204
5.
Rules of Law
208
6.
Violation of Statute
212
A.
Applicability of Statute
214
B.
Effect of Statute
230
7.
Proof of Negligence
238
A.
Court and Jury: Circumstantial Evidence
238
B.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
245
ch. V
Causation in Fact
268
1.
Sine Qua Non
268
2.
Proof of Causation
271
3.
Concurrent Causes
291
4.
Problems in Determining Which Party Caused the Harm
295
ch. VI
Proximate or Legal Cause
303
1.
Unforeseeable Consequences
304
2.
Intervening Causes
336
3.
Public Policy
356
4.
Shifting Responsibility
373
ch. VII
Joint Tortfeasors
374
1.
Liability and Joinder of Defendants
374
2.
Satisfaction and Release
384
3.
Contribution and Indemnity
396
4.
Apportionment of Damages
405
ch. VIII
Duty of Care
416
1.
Privity of Contract
417
2.
Failure to Act
431
3.
Pure Economic Loss
452
4.
Emotional Distress
464
5.
Unborn Children
478
ch. IX
Owners and Occupiers of Land
494
1.
Outside the Premises
494
2.
On the Premises
500
A.
Trespassers
500
B.
Licensees
503
C.
Invitees
506
D.
Persons Outside the Established Categories
513
1.
Children
513
2.
Persons Privileged to Enter Irrespective of Landowner's Consent
516
E.
Rejection or Merging of Categories
517
3.
Lessor and Lessee
522
ch. X
Damages
534
1.
Personal Injuries
535
2.
Physical Harm to Property
563
3.
Punitive Damages
566
ch. XI
Wrongful Death and Survival
586
1.
Wrongful Death
586
2.
Survival
600
ch. XII
Defenses
609
1.
Plaintiff's Conduct
609
A.
Contributory Negligence
609
B.
Comparative Negligence
616
C.
Assumption of Risk
625
1.
Express
625
2.
Implied
631
2.
Statutes of Limitations and Repose
639
3.
Immunities
647
A.
Families
647
B.
Charities
658
C.
Employer Immunity
662
D.
State and Local Governments
662
E.
The United States
675
F.
Public Officers
685
ch. XIII
Vicarious Liability
688
1.
Respondeat Superior
688
2.
Independent Contractors
695
3.
Joint Enterprise
701
4.
Bailments
706
5.
Imputed Contributory Negligence
709
ch. XIV
Strict Liability
713
1.
Animals
713
2.
Abnormally Dangerous Activities
719
3.
Limitations on Strict Liability
737
ch. XV
Products Liability
745
1.
Development of Theories of Recovery
746
A.
Negligence
746
B.
Warranty
748
1.
Express Warranties
749
2.
Implied Warranties
754
C.
Strict Liability in Tort
760
2.
Product Defects
766
A.
Manufacturing Defect
768
B.
Design Defect
771
C.
Warnings Defect
786
3.
Proof
794
4.
Defenses
799
A.
Plaintiff's Conduct
799
B.
Preemption and Other Government Actions
807
5.
Defendants Other than Principal Manufacturers/Harm Other than Personal Injury
817
A.
Other Suppliers of Chattels
817
B.
Services
821
C.
Harm Other Than Personal Injury
828
6.
Legislation and Products Liability
830
ch. XVI
Nuisance
833
ch. XVII
Defamation
864
1.
Nature of a Defamatory Communication
865
2.
Libel and Slander
886
3.
Publication
893
4.
Basis of Liability
905
A.
Actual Malice, Burdens of Proof, and the Press
916
B.
Private Plaintiffs
929
C.
Speech of Private Concern
938
D.
Falsity
943
E.
Public Figures and Public Officials
948
F.
Opinion
951
5.
Privileges
959
A.
Absolute Privilege
960
B.
Conditional or Qualified Privilege
962
6.
Remedies
969
ch. XVIII
Privacy
976
ch. XIX
Civil Rights
1020
ch. XX
Misuse of Legal Procedure
1041
ch. XXI
Misrepresentation
1060
1.
Introduction
1060
2.
Concealment and Nondisclosure
1062
3.
Basis of Liability
1067
A.
To the Recipient
1067
B.
To Third Persons
1083
4.
Reliance
1097
5.
Opinion
1101
6.
Law
1105
7.
Prediction and Intention
1107
8.
Damages
1112
ch. XXII
Interference With Advantageous Relationships
1117
1.
Business Relations
1117
A.
Injurious Falsehood
1117
B.
Interference With Existing or Prospective Contractual Relations
1128
C.
Tortious Breach of Contract
1160
2.
Family Relations
1173
ch. XXIII
Torts in the Age of Statutes
1178
1.
Implied Rights of Action and Statutory Duties
1178
2.
Express Rights of Action: Civil RICO
1210
3.
The Determination of Tort Law
1219
ch. XXIV
Compensation Systems as Substitutes for Tort Law
1229
1.
Employment Injuries
1229
2.
Automobile Accident Injuries
1238
3.
Other No-Fault Compensation Systems
1241
4.
The Future
1257
Abbreviations Useful for Note-Taking in Tort Classes
1259
Index
1261