Table of Contents Chapter Ⅰ?INTRODUCTION 1 Unintentional Harm 5 Hammontree v. Jenner 5 Supplemental Reading 9 Ⅰ. Ashtray Falling from Above 9 Ⅱ. Definition of Tort Law (Selected) 10 Ⅲ. For Every Wrong There is a Remedy ... Or is There? 11 Chapter Ⅱ?NEGLIGENCE (Ⅰ) 17 Standard of Care 17 Probability, Burden and Liability 19 United States v. Carroll Towing Co. 19 Negligence 22 Davison v. Snohomish County 22 Effect of Statute 24 Martin v. Herzog 24 Standard of Care and Unreasonable Risk 26 Adams v. Bullock 26 Aggravated Negligence 28 Chapter Ⅲ?NEGLIGENCE (Ⅱ) 31 Proof of Negligence 31 Byrne v. Boadle 32 Larson v. St. Francis Hotel 35 Multiple Defendants 37 Ybarra v. Spangard 37 Chapter Ⅳ?CAUSATION 43 Cause in Fact 43 Perkins v. Texas and New Orleans Ry. Co. 43 Summers v. Tice 47 Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories 48 Chapter Ⅴ?UNFORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES 53 Unexpected Result 53 In re an Arbitration Between Polemisand AnotherAnd Furness, Withy Co., Ltd. 53 Unexpected Victim 55 Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. 55 Proximate Cause 59 Petition of Kinsman Transit Co. 59 Intervening Causes 66 Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp. 66 Secondary Accidents 69 McCoy v. American Suzuki Motor Corp. 69 Chapter Ⅵ?DEFENSES (Ⅰ) 75 Plaintiff’s Conduct: Contributory & Comparative Negligence 75 Contributory Negligence 76 Butterfield v. Forrester 76 Comparative Negligence 77 Daly v. General Motors Corporation 77 Assumption of Risk 85 Winterstein v. Wilcom 85 Assumption of Implied Risk 89 Rush v. Commercial Realty Co. 89 Chapter Ⅶ?DEFENSES (Ⅱ) 91 Statutory Bars 91 Statute of Limitations and Repose 91 Teeters v. Currey 92 Tort Liability of Municipalities 94 Riss v. City of New York 94 Immunity 98 DeLong v. Erie County 98 Chapter Ⅷ?REMEDIES 101 Compensatory & Punitive Damages 101 Damages For Physical Harm 102 Allocation Among Tortfeasors 110 Personal Injury Remedies 115 Anderson v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 115 Richardson v. Chapman 118 “Grossly Excessive” Punitive Damages 124 BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore 124 Intentional Trespass 131 Jacque v. Steenberg Homes, Inc. 131 Chapter Ⅸ?MEDICAL MALPRACTICE 139 Doctor/Patient Relationship 139 Moore v. Regents of University of California 139 Helling v. Carey 144 Henning v. Thomas 145 Chapter Ⅹ?PRODUCT LIABILITY & STRICT LIABILITY 151 Product Liability 151 MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. 151 Strict Liability 156 Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. 156 Abnormally Dangerous Activity 160 Rylands v. Fletcher 160 Indiana Harbor Belt R.R. Co. v. American Cyanamid Co. 164 Manufacturing Defect 171 Rix v. General Motors Corp. 171 Design Defect 173 O’Brien v. Muskin Corp. 173 Chapter Ⅺ?INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF MENTAL DISTRESS 179 State Rubbish Collectors Ass’n v. Siliznoff 179 Emotional Distress 181 Womack v. Eldridge 181 First Amendment Over Parody 184 Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell 184 Adventures of Larry Flynt 189 Chapter Ⅻ?DEFAMATION 193 Defamation 193 Defamation and Freedom of Speech 194 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan 194 Private Individuals 207 Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. 207 Commercial Speech 212 Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders 212 Chapter ⅫⅠ?PRIVACY & PUBLICITY 217 Privacy 217 Flake v. Greensboro News Co. 218 Celebrity and Paparazzi 221 Galella v. Onassis 221 Gallela and Paparazzi 224 Right of Publicity 225 Carson v. Here’s Johnny Portable Toilets, Inc. 225 Bi-Rite Enters., Inc. v. Button Master 229 Chapter ⅩⅣ?ECONOMIC INJURIES (Ⅰ) 235 Misrepresentation 235 Concealment and Nondisclosure 235 Swinton v. Whitinsville Savings Bank 235 International Products Co. v. Erie R.R. Co. 236 Misrepresentation to Third Persons 239 Credit Alliance Corporation v. Arthur Andersen & Co. 239 Chapter ⅩⅤ?ECONOMIC INJURIES (Ⅱ) 247 Tortious Interference With Advantageous Relations 247 Lumley v. Gye 247 Testing Systems, Inc. v. Magnaflux Corp. 248 Della Penna v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. 250 Family Relations 261 Nash v. Baker 261
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