Tort law and alternatives : cases and materials / by Marc A. Franklin, Robert L. Rabin, Michael D. Green.
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Title
Tort law and alternatives : cases and materials / by Marc A. Franklin, Robert L. Rabin, Michael D. Green.
Published
New York, NY : Foundation Press Thomson/West, 2011.
Call Number
KF1250 .F7 2011
Edition
Ninth edition.
ISBN
9781599418605 (hbk.)
1599418606 (hbk.)
1599418606 (hbk.)
Description
li, 1,323 pages ; 26 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)724671665
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages vii-viii) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface to the Ninth Edition
v
Acknowledgments
vii
Table of Cases
xxiii
ch. I
Introduction to Tort Liability
1
A.
Prologue
1
B.
When Should Unintended Injury Result in Liability?
2
Hammontree v. Jenner
3
Notes and Questions
6
C.
The Litigation Process
9
D.
The Parties and Vicarious Liability
17
Christensen v. Swenson
18
Notes and Questions
21
Roessler v. Novak
24
Notes and Questions
28
ch. II
The Negligence Principle
30
A.
Historical Development of Fault Liability
30
Tort Law and the Economy in Nineteenth Century America: A Reinterpretation
31
Notes and Questions
34
Brown v. Kendall
35
Notes and Questions
37
B.
The Central Concept
39
1.
The Standard of Care
39
Adams v. Bullock
39
Notes and Questions
40
United States v. Carroll Towing Co.
43
Notes and Questions
44
2.
The Reasonable Person
49
Bethel v. New York City Transit Authority
49
Notes and Questions
51
C.
The Roles of Judge and Jury
60
1.
In General
60
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. Goodman
60
Notes and Questions
61
Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.
62
Notes and Questions
64
Andrews v. United Airlines, Inc.
65
Notes and Questions
67
2.
The Role of Custom
68
Trimarco v. Klein
68
Notes and Questions
71
3.
The Role of Statutes
74
Martin v. Herzog
74
Notes and Questions
76
Tedla v. Ellman
77
Notes and Questions
79
D.
Proof of Negligence
85
Negri v. Stop and Shop, Inc.
86
Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History
86
Notes and Questions
88
Byrne v. Boadle
90
Notes and Questions
91
McDougald v. Perry
92
Notes and Questions
95
Ybarra v. Spangard
99
Notes and Questions
104
E.
The Special Case of Medical Malpractice
106
Sheeley v. Memorial Hospital
107
Notes and Questions
112
Sides v. St. Anthony's Medical Center
115
Notes and Questions
119
Matthies v. Mastromonaco
119
Notes and Questions
124
ch. III
The Duty Requirement: Physical Injuries
129
A.
Introduction
129
B.
Affirmative Obligations to Act
130
Harper v. Herman
131
Notes and Questions
133
Farwell v. Keaton
136
Notes and Questions
140
Randi W. v. Muroc Joint Unified School District
142
Notes and Questions
149
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California
151
Notes and Questions
156
Uhr v. East Greenbush Central School District
161
Notes and Questions
164
C.
Policy Bases for Invoking No Duty
168
Strauss v. Belle Realty Co.
168
Notes and Questions
173
Reynolds v. Hicks
176
Notes and Questions
180
Vince v. Wilson
182
Notes and Questions
185
D.
The Duties of Landowners and Occupiers
188
Carter v. Kinney
188
Notes and Questions
190
Heins v. Webster County
194
Notes and Questions
199
Posecai v. Wal---Mart Stores, Inc.
204
Notes and Questions
209
E.
A Reprise on Duty
211
A.W. v. Lancaster County School District 0001
211
Notes and Questions
216
F.
Intrafamily Duties
217
Broadbent v. Broadbent
217
Notes and Questions
223
G.
Governmental Entities
227
1.
Municipal and State Liability
228
Riss v. City of New York
228
Notes and Questions
232
Lauer v. City of New York
237
Notes and Questions
242
Friedman v. State of New York
243
Notes and Questions
247
2.
The Federal Tort Claims Act
248
Cope v. Scott
249
Notes and Questions
256
ch. IV
The Duty Requirement: Nonphysical Harm
260
A.
Emotional Harm
260
Falzone v. Busch
260
Notes and Questions
264
Metro---North Commuter Railroad Company v. Buckley
268
Notes and Questions
273
Gammon v. Osteopathic Hospital of Maine, Inc.
276
Notes and Questions
278
Portee v. Jaffee
280
Notes and Questions
284
Johnson v. Jamaica Hospital
289
Notes and Questions
291
B.
Economic Harm
298
Nycal Corporation v. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
299
Notes and Questions
303
532 Madison Avenue Gourmet Foods, Inc. v. Finlandia Center, Inc.
310
Notes and Questions
314
C.
Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life
319
Emerson v. Magendantz
320
Notes and Questions
326
ch. V
Causation
333
A.
Cause in Fact
333
1.
Basic Doctrine
333
Stubbs v. City of Rochester
334
Notes and Questions
338
Zuchowicz v. United States
343
Notes and Questions
350
Matsuyama v. Birnbaum
355
Notes and Questions
362
2.
Introduction to Joint and Several Liability
364
3.
Multiple Defendants
367
Summers v. Tice
367
Notes and Questions
369
Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly & Co.
372
Notes and Questions
380
4.
The Special Case of Toxic Harms
384
Environmental Liability and the Tort System
384
Notes and Questions
387
B.
Proximate Cause
393
1.
Unexpected Harm
394
Benn v. Thomas
394
Notes and Questions
396
In re an Arbitration Between Polemis and Another and Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd.
399
Notes and Questions
401
Overseas Tankship (U.K.) Ltd. v. Mort's Dock & Engineering Co., Ltd. (The Wagon Mound)
402
Notes and Questions
405
2.
Superseding Causes
408
Doe v. Manheimer
409
Notes and Questions
415
3.
Unexpected Victim
418
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
418
Notes and Questions
426
ch. VI
Defenses
433
A.
The Plaintiff's Fault
433
1.
Contributory Negligence
433
2.
Comparative Negligence
438
Uniform Comparative Fault Act
440
Iowa Code Chapter 668
443
Notes and Questions
443
Fritts v. McKinne
452
Notes and Questions
454
3.
Avoidable Consequences
455
B.
Assumption of Risk
458
1.
Express Agreements
458
Hanks v. Powder Ridge Restaurant Corp.
459
Notes and Questions
467
2.
Implied Assumption of Risk
470
Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co.
470
Notes and Questions
472
Davenport v. Cotton Hope Plantation Horizontal Property Regime
475
Notes and Questions
480
Levandoski v. Cone
483
Notes and Questions
488
C.
Preemption
489
Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.
489
Notes and Questions
499
Notes and Questions
503
D.
Statutes of Limitation
505
ch. VII
Strict Liability
507
A.
Doctrinal Development
507
Rylands v. Fletcher
507
Notes and Questions
510
Rylands v. Fletcher
512
Notes and Questions
513
Sullivan v. Dunham
516
Notes and Questions
518
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co. v. American Cyanamid Co.
520
Notes and Questions
526
B.
Theoretical Perspectives
530
The Ideology of Enterprise Liability
531
Notes and Questions
534
A Goals---Oriented Approach to Strict Tort Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities
535
Notes and Questions
542
Economic Analysis of Law
547
Notes and Questions
550
ch. VIII
Liability for Defective Products
551
A.
Introduction
551
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
551
Notes and Questions
555
Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Fresno
557
Notes and Questions
561
B.
Manufacturing Defects
569
C.
Design Defects
571
Soule v. General Motors Corporation
573
Notes and Questions
579
Camacho v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
585
Notes and Questions
591
D.
Safety Instructions and Warnings
599
Hood v. Ryobi America Corp.
600
Notes and Questions
603
State v. Karl
610
Notes and Questions
618
Vassallo v. Baxter Healthcare Corporation
620
Notes and Questions
622
E.
Defenses
628
1.
Contributory Negligence, Comparative Responsibility, and Assumption of Risk
628
General Motors Corporation v. Sanchez
628
Notes and Questions
632
2.
Other Affirmative Defenses
635
F.
Work---Related Injuries
637
Jones v. Ryobi, Ltd.
637
Notes and Questions
640
Liriano v. Hobart Corp.
641
Notes and Questions
646
Enterprise Responsibility for Personal Injury Vol. II
652
Approaches to Legal and Institutional Change
652
G.
Beyond Products?
655
Royer v. Catholic Medical Center
655
Notes and Questions
658
H.
The Intersection of Tort and Contract
660
East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.
661
Notes and Questions
666
ch. IX
Trespass and Nuisance
674
A.
Trespass
674
Martin v. Reynolds Metals Co.
676
Notes and Questions
680
B.
Nuisance
681
1.
Private Nuisance
681
Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co.
683
Notes and Questions
689
2.
Public Nuisance
698
State of Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Association, Inc.
698
Notes and Questions
707
ch. X
Damages and Insurance
710
A.
Damages
710
1.
Compensatory Damages
710
Seffert v. Los Angeles Transit Lines
711
Notes and Questions
718
McDougald v. Garber
728
Notes and Questions
734
Arambula v. Wells
742
Notes and Questions
746
2.
Punitive Damages
750
Taylor v. Superior Court
750
Notes and Questions
755
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Campbell
760
Notes and Questions
770
B.
Introduction to Insurance
776
1.
Loss Insurance, Collateral Sources and Subrogation
785
Frost v. Porter Leasing Corp.
785
Notes and Questions
789
The Collateral Source Rule and Loss Allocation in Tort Law
793
Notes and Questions
795
2.
Liability Insurance
798
3.
The Impact of Insurance on Tort Litigation
803
Lalomia v. Bankers & Shippers Insurance Co.
803
Notes and Questions
805
Pavia v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
812
Notes and Questions
816
ch. XI
A Survey of Alternatives
820
A.
Incremental Tort Reform
822
B.
Occupational Injuries---Workers' Compensation
829
Workers' Compensation: Strengthening the Social Compact
829
Notes and Questions
841
New York Workers' Compensation Law
846
C.
Motor Vehicle Injuries
852
1.
The Past
852
2.
The New York Experience
855
New York Insurance Law
858
Notes and Questions
865
D.
Focused No---Fault Schemes
874
The Renaissance of Accident Law Plans Revisited
874
Notes and Questions
882
E.
Comprehensive No---Fault and Beyond
890
ch. XII
Intentional Harm
897
A.
Basic Doctrine
898
1.
Intent
898
Garratt v. Dailey
898
Notes and Questions
901
2.
Assault and Battery
904
Picard v. Barry Pontiac---Buick, Inc.
904
Notes and Questions
906
Wishnatsky v. Huey
907
Notes and Questions
910
3.
False Imprisonment
911
Lopez v. Winchell's Donut House
911
Notes and Questions
914
4.
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
918
Womack v. Eldridge
919
Notes and Questions
922
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
932
Notes and Questions
937
5.
Conversion and Trespass to Chattels
938
Thyroff v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
938
Notes and Questions
943
6.
Defenses and Privileges
945
Hart v. Geysel
946
Notes and Questions
947
Courvoisier v. Raymond
949
Notes and Questions
951
Katko v. Briney
952
Notes and Questions
956
Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co.
958
Notes and Questions
960
B.
Adjudicating Foreign Conduct in United States Courts
963
C.
Government Liability
968
1.
The Federal Civil Rights Action
968
2.
Liability of Federal Officials
981
ch. XIII
Defamation
985
A.
Common Law Background
985
1.
What Is Defamatory?
985
Romaine v. Kallinger
986
Notes and Questions
989
Matherson v. Marchello
996
Notes and Questions
997
2.
"Of and Concerning" Plaintiff
999
3.
Strict Liability
1001
4.
Damages: Libel and Slander
1002
Matherson v. Marchello
1003
Notes and Questions
1005
Liberman v. Gelstein
1006
Notes and Questions
1008
5.
Defenses
1009
Liberman v. Gelstein
1013
Notes and Questions
1015
Medico v. Time, Inc.
1020
Notes and Questions
1026
Burnett v. National Enquirer, Inc.
1029
Notes and Questions
1032
Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, Inc.
1034
Notes and Questions
1039
B.
Constitutional Limitations on Defamation
1040
1.
Public Officials
1041
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
1041
Notes and Questions
1052
2.
Public Figures
1054
3.
The "Actual Malice" Standard
1056
4.
Private Plaintiffs
1065
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
1065
Notes and Questions
1077
5.
The Public---Private Distinction
1084
Wells v. Liddy
1089
Notes and Questions
1098
6.
The Defendant as Commentator
1099
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
1100
Notes and Questions
1104
Flamm v. American Association of University Women
1105
Notes and Questions
1111
7.
The Press as Repeater
1117
Khawar v. Globe International, Inc.
1117
Notes and Questions
1124
8.
Reform Proposals
1128
ch. XIV
Protecting Privacy
1134
A.
Public Disclosure of Private Facts
1136
1.
State Tort Analysis
1136
Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
1137
Notes and Questions
1142
2.
Constitutional Privilege
1148
The Florida Star v. B.J.F.
1150
Notes and Questions
1159
B.
False Light Privacy
1163
Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co.
1164
Notes and Questions
1168
C.
Intrusion
1172
Nader v. General Motors Corp.
1172
Notes and Questions
1178
Galella v. Onassis
1181
Notes and Questions
1183
Desnick v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
1185
Notes and Questions
1190
Shulman v. Group W Productions, Inc.
1192
Notes and Questions
1200
Bartnicki v. Vopper
1201
Notes and Questions
1211
D.
Appropriation
1212
Zacchini v. Scripps---Howard Broadcasting Co.
1213
Notes and Questions
1218
Winter v. DC Comics
1220
Notes and Questions
1225
ch. XV
Intentional Economic Harm
1233
A.
Misrepresentation
1233
1.
Introduction
1233
2.
Deceit
1235
Ollerman v. O'Rourke Co., Inc.
1240
Notes and Questions
1248
B.
Interference With Contract
1255
Imperial Ice Co. v. Rossier
1255
Notes and Questions
1257
C.
Interference With Prospective Economic Advantage
1262
Della Penna v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
1262
Notes and Questions
1271
D.
Contract and Tort in the Economic Sphere
1278
All---Tech Telecom, Inc. v. Amway Corp.
1279
Notes and Questions
1284
Index
1287