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| Introduction | |
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| Overview | |
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| How to Approach a Torts Problem | |
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| Policies Underlying Tort Law | |
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| A Few Words About Law and Economics | |
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| Relationship Between Torts and Other Areas of the Law | |
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| Checklist for Overview | |
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| Intentional Torts: Prima Facie Case and Defenses | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Analyzing Intent | |
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| Elements of Individual Intentional Torts | |
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| Defenses to Intentional Torts | |
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| A Few Words About Remedies | |
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| A Few Words About Nuisance | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Intentional Torts | |
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| Negligence: Duty of Care | |
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| General Approach | |
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| General Duty of Reasonable Care | |
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| Special Duty Issues | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Negligence: Duty of Care | |
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| Negligence: Breach Through Unreasonable Conduct | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Judge Versus Jury | |
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| What to Consider in Determining Reasonableness | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Breach of Duty | |
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| Negligence: Factual and Legal Causation | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Factual Causation | |
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| Legal Causation | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Causation | |
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| Negligence: Recoverable Damages | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Survival and Wrongful Death Actions | |
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| Types of Recoverable Damages | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Negligence: Recoverable Damages | |
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| Strict Liability | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Animals | |
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| Abnormally Dangerous Activities | |
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| Products Liability | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Strict Liability | |
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| Tort Remedies | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Injunctions | |
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| Damages | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Tort Remedies | |
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| Defenses to Negligence and Strict Liability Claims | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Defenses Based on the Plaintiff's Conduct | |
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| Defenses Based on the Defendant's Status | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Defenses to Negligence and Strict Liability Claims | |
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| Multiple Defendants | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Joint and Several Liability | |
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| Vicarious Liability | |
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| Special Issues Under Comparative Negligence | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Multiple Defendants | |
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| Products Liability | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Negligence | |
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| Strict Liability | |
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| Misrepresentation | |
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| Special Defenses in Products Liability Claims | |
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| Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability | |
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| Problems | |
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| Suggested Answers | |
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| Checklist for Products Liability | |
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| Reputation Based Torts | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Defamation | |
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| Privacy | |
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| Checklist for Reputation Based Torts | |
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| Business Torts | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Misrepresentation | |
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| Injurious Falsehood | |
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| Intentional Interference With Contracts | |
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| Intentional Interference With Economic Relations | |
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| Misappropriation | |
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| Checklist for Business Torts | |
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| Torts Arising From the Legal Process | |
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| General Approach | |
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| Malicious Institution of Civil Proceedings | |
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| Malicious Prosecution | |
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| Abuse of Process | |
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| Problem | |
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| Suggested Answer | |
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| Checklist for Torts Arising from the Legal Process | |
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| Exam Pointers | |
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| Example of a Comprehensive Exam | |
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| Exam Checklists | |