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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION:
TITLE PAGE

SEC.                                                                   Page
1. What Are Torts?-The Nature of Torts                1
2. Tort and Crime and Punitive Damages               11
3. Policy and Process 26
4. Factors Affecting Tort Liability 36
5. Motive 47
6. History: Trespass and Case 68
7. Order of Subject Presentation

CHAPTER 2. INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE WITH
THE PERSON

1. Meaning of Intent 75
2. Battery
3. Assault
11. False Imprisonment
12. Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress

CHAPTER 3. INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE
WITH PROPERTY

13. Trespass to Land
14. Trespass to Chattels
15. Conversion

CHAPTER 4. DEFENSES TO INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE WITH PERSON OR PROPERTY

16. Privilege
17. Mistake
18. Consent
19. Self-Defense
20. Defense of Others
21. Defense of Property
22. Recapture of Chattels
23. Recapture of Land
24. Necessity
25. Legal Process
26. Arrest Without a Warrant
27. Discipline

CHAPTER 5. NEGLIGENCE: STANDARD OF CONDUCT

28. History
29. Unavoidable Accident
30. Elements of Cause of Action
31. Unreasonable Risk
32. The Reasonable Person
33. Application of the Standard
34. Degrees of Care; Aggravated Negligence
35. Rules of Law
36. Violation of Statute

CHAPTER 6. NEGLIGENCE: PROOF

37. Functions of Court and Jury—In Trial by Jury
38. Burden of Proof and Presumptions
39. Circumstantial Evidence—Generally Res Ipsa Loquitur
40. Circumstantial Evidence—Res Ipsa Loquitur
41. Res Ipsa Loquitur—Procedural Effect

CHAPTER 7. PROXIMATE CAUSE

41. Causation in Fact
42. Proximate Cause: Scope of the Problem
43. Unforeseeable Consequences
44. Intervening Causes
45. Functions of Court and Jury

CHAPTER 8. JOINT TORTFEASORS

46. Concerted Action
47. Joinder of Defendants
48. Judgment and Satisfaction
49. Release
50. Contribution
51. Indemnity
52. Apportionment of Damages

CHAPTER 9. LIMITED DUTY

53. Duty
54. Mental Disturbance
55. Prenatal Injuries
56. Acts and Omissions

CHAPTER 10 OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND

57. Outside of the premises
58. Trespassing Adults
59. Trespassing Children
60. Licensees
61. Invitees
62. Abolition of Categories
63. Lessor and Lessee
64. Vendor and Vendee

CHAPTER 11. NEGLIGENCE: DEFENSES

65. Contributory Negligence
66. Last Clear Chance
67. Comparative Negligence
68. Assumption of Risk

CHAPTER 12. IMPUTED NEGLIGENCE

69. Vicarious Liability
70. Servants
71. Independent Contractors
72. Joint Enterprise
73. Automobile Owners and Others
74. Imputed Contributory Negligence

CHAPTER 13. STRICT LIABILITY

75. Basis of Liability
76. Animals
77. Fire
78. Abnormally Dangerous Things and Activities
79. Extent of Liability
80. Employers' Liability
81. Other Applications

CHAPTER 14. COMPENSATION SYSTEMS

82. Liability Insurance and Its Impact on Tort Law
83. Deficiencies of the tort and Liability Insurance system
84. Enacted and proposed Remedies
85. Principles of Compensation in American Legal Systems

CHAPTER 15. NUISANCE

86. Meaning of Nuisance—Historical Origins
87. Private Nuisance: The Tort Action for Damages
88. Substantial and Unreasonable Interference
88A. Unreasonable Conduct and Injunctive Relief
88B. Conduct of Others and the Plaintiff as Factors of Importance
88C. "Absolute" Nuisance
89. Remedies
90. Public Nuisance: Remedies Available to the State
91. Interference With Use and Enjoyment of Private Property
Negligence and Strict Liability

CHAPTER 16. TORT AND CONTRACT

92. Tort and Contract Obligations as Between Parties to a Contract 93.
Liability of a Party to a Contract to Third Parties
94. Election to Sue for Restitution

CHAPTER 17. PRODUCTS LIABILITY

95. Theories of Recovery and Types of Losses
95A. Warranty and Intangible Economic Losses
96. Negligence and Liability for Physical Harm to Persons and Tangible Things
97. Strict Liability in Warranty for Physical Harm to Persons and Tangible
Things
98. Strict Liability in Tort for Physical Harm to Persons and Tangible Things
99. Meaning of Dangerously Defective or Unsafe Products
100. Parties 703
101. Summary—Interests Protected and Theories of Recovery
102. Contributory Negligence, Misuse, and Other Intervening Misconduct
103. Proof
104. Other Suppliers
104A. Real Estate Transactions

CHAPTER 18. MISREPRESENTATION AND NONDISCLOSURE

105. Remedies for Misrepresentation _
106. Representation and Nondisclosure
107. Basis of Responsibility
108. Justifiable Reliance—Materiality
109. Opinion and Intention
110. Damages

CHAPTER 19. DEFAMATION

Sec..
111. Defamation
112. Libel and Slander
113. Basis of Liability
113 A. Defamatory Opinion
114. Absolute Privilege
115. Qualified Privilege
116. Truth and Other Defenses
116A. Damages and Matters in Mitigation

CHAPTER 20. PRIVACY

117. Right of Privacy

CHAPTER 21. MISUSE OF LEGAL PROCEDURE

119. Malicious Prosecution
120. Wrongful Civil Proceedings
121. Abuse of Process

CHAPTER 22. DOMESTIC RELATIONS

122. Torts in the Family
123. Vicarious Liability for Torts of Family
124. Interference with Family Relations
125. Injuries to Members of the Family

CHAPTER 23. SURVIVAL AND WRONGFUL DEATH

125A. Survival and Wrongful Death
126. Actions Under Survival Statutes
127. Actions Under Wrongful Death Statutes

CHAPTER 24. ECONOMIC RELATIONS

128. Injurious Falsehood
129. Interference with Contractual Relations
130. Interference with Prospective Advantage

CHAPTER 25. IMMUNITIES

131. Governmental Immunity
132. Public Officers
133. Charities
134. Infants
135. Insanity

CHAPTER 26. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Topics As a Unit
I.  Introduction 1

APPENDIX A—WESTLAW REFERENCES
TABLE OF CASE
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I.   Introduction 1
II.  Intentional Interference with the Person 52
III. Intentional Interference with Property
IV. Defenses to Intentional Interference With Person or Property
V.  Negligence: Standard of Conduct
VI. Negligence: Proof
VII. Proximate Cause
VIII. Joint Tortfeasors
IX. Limited Duty
X. Owners and Occupiers of Land
XI. Negligence: Defenses
XII. Imputed Negligence
XIII. Strict Liability for Physical Harm to Persons and Tangible Things
From Accidental Invasions
XIV. Compensation Systems
XV. Nuisance
XVI. Tort and Contract
XVII. Products Liability
XVIII. Misrepresentation and Nondisclosure
XIX. Defamation
XX. Privacy
XXI. Misuse of Legal Procedure
XXII. Domestic Relations
XXIII. Survival and Wrongful Death
XXIV. Economic Relations
XXV. Immunities

APPENDIX A—

TABLE OF CASES

INDEX






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