• The nature and functions of tort law
• Intentional physical and emotional harm
• The negligence standard
• Proof of negligence
• Cause-in-fact
• The scope of liability : proximate cause
• Defenses based on plaintiff's conduct
• Strict liability
• Products liability
• Damages
• Affirmative and limited duties
• Insurance, tort reform, and no-fault systems
• Reputational and dignitary harms : defamation and invasion of privacy
• Economic harms : misrepresentation, and interference with contract or prospective contractual advantage

The perfect accompaniment to any torts casebook, this text covers all the major cases and issues in a standard torts course. The text addresses cases and analyzes their implications, presenting the law of torts within a curricular context and covering the materials that law students are likely to encounter in a variety of courses. Used successfully by law students for over three decades, this straightforward, readable text addresses both rules and policy, and presents topics in a way that helps students effectively grapple with issues. Since each chapter stands on its own, the book is ideal as a classroom text, as well as for self-directed reading by students.
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• Introduction to tort liability
• The negligence principle
• The duty requirement : physical injuries
• The duty requirement : nonphysical harm
• Factual causation
• Proximate cause (scope of liability)
• Defenses
• Strict liability
• Liability for defective products
• Nuisance
• Damages and insurance
• A survey of alternatives -- Intentional harm
• Defamation
• Protecting privacy
• Intentional economic harm

This leading casebook covers all major aspects of tort law with expertly edited cases and original text. The principal focus of this book is the law of negligence, strict liability, and no-fault legislation as alternative approaches to compensating the victims of accidental harm and creating optimal incentives for safety. The chapter on intentional torts has been restructured to facilitate its use to start off the course for those instructors desiring to do so. The book also includes comprehensive chapters on products liability, damages and insurance, defamation, privacy, economic torts, and a revamped and updated chapter on alternatives to tort law, including the "tort reforms" of the past half century. Notes and questions following principal cases are designed to supplement students' knowledge about the subject matter of the case and related areas as well as to encourage them to think critically about judicial opinions and tort policy. This Eleventh Edition reflects evolving developments in recent case law and legislative activity, as well as materials and commentary ranging from the soon-to-be completed Third Restatement project on Intentional Torts to continuing tort issues arising from the Internet to important civil justice issues of the day.
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• Introduction
• The doctrinal development of products liability
• Consumer expectations
• The problem with absolute liability
• Strict products liability 2.0
• Construction or manufacturing defects
• Product malfunctions
• Design defects
• Warning defects
• The relation between warnings and product design
• Prescription drugs, medical devices, and the "unavoidably safe" product exemption from strict liability
• Products liability in the "age of statutes"
• Factual causation
• Legal or proximate cause (a reprise of duty)
• Tort damages and the types of compensable injuries
• Defenses based on consumer conduct
• The scope of strict products liability as defined by the nature of the transaction
• Bystander injuries

A state-of-the-art study of products liability, showing how ancient laws have evolved into liability rules capable of solving the safety questions raised by new or emerging technologies, ranging from autonomous vehicles to the Amazon online marketplace. The rule of strict products liability from the last century has been transformed into a more comprehensive liability regime - "strict products liability 2.0" - that incorporates the risk-utility test into the consumer-expectations framework of strict products liability. Across the important issues, this form of liability sharpens the inquiry about what's at stake, supplying strong rationales for a host of otherwise contentious doctrines - from federal preemption to the relevance of scientific evidence in toxic-tort cases. The analysis throughout relies on extended discussion of the black-letter rules and associated controversies in the case law, providing a solid foundation for understanding this vitally important area of the law.
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• Part 1. Introducing tort law: Defining tort law
• Aims, policies, history and methods of tort law
• Tort law in practice
• Part 2. Intentional torts to persons or property: Direct and intentional interference with the person
• Intentional interference with real property : trespass to land
• Intentional interference with tangible personal property : trespass to chattels and conversion
• Defenses to intentional torts
• Consent
• Part 3. Negligent physical harms to persons or property : Subpart A. The prima facie case
• The negligence action : an introduction
• Duty and the ordinary standard of reasonable care under the circumstances
• Importing statutory standards of care : negligence per se
• Breach of duty
• Proving negligence claims
• Actual harm & factual cause
• Scope of liability (proximate cause)
• Subpart B: Defenses: Fault of the plaintiff
• Assumption of the risk
• Statutes of limitation and federal preemption
• Part 4: Expanded or limited duties of care in physical harm cases: Expanded duties of care : carriers, innkeepers and fiduciaries
• Premises liability
• Liability of health care providers
• Liability of government entities, officers and employees
• Family members and charities
• Professional risk-takers
• Limiting liability for non-action
• Duty to protect from third persons and from self-harm
• Part 5. Special types of harm: Prenatal and birth-related injury
• Wrongful death and survival actions
• Emotional harm
• Nuisance
• Part 6. Vicarious liability, strict liability, and products liability: Vicarious liability for physical harms
• Strict liability for animals and abnormally dangerous activities
• Products liability
• Part 7. Damages, apportionment, and alternative systems: Damages
• Apportionment of liability among parties
• Alternative systems for compensating injury
• Part 8. Dignitary and economic torts. Subpart A. Dignitary torts: Defamation
• Privacy
• Misusing judicial process
• Interference with family relationships
• Subpart B. Economic torts: Economic torts and economic loss rules
• Interference with contract and economic interests
• Misrepresentation and falsehoods
• Economic harm to intangible interests by conversion or spoliation
• Legal malpractice
• Unfair competition : trademarks, trade secrets and publicity rights.

This single-volume hornbook provides a comprehensive overview of tort and injury law. The book covers all of the major topics in tort law. Topics include liability for physical injuries, as well as emotional, dignitary, and economic harms. This newly-updated edition includes citations to hundreds of cases and statutes decided over the last decade, as well as references to the Restatement (Third) of Torts.
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• Introduction / Robert L. Rabin and Stephen D. Sugarman
• United States v. Carroll Towing Co. : the hand formula's home port / Stephen G. Gilles
• MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. : Simplifying the facts while reshaping the law / James A. Henderson, Jr.
• Rowland v. Christian : Hallmark of an expansionary era / Robert L. Rabin
• Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California : the therapist's dilemma / Peter H. Schuck and Daniel J. Givelber
• The wagon mound cases : foreseeability, causation, and Mrs. Palsgraf / Saul Levmore
• Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly and Co. : Markets of mothers / Anita Bernstein
• Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co. : whilethe timorous stay at home, the adventurous ride the flopper / Kenneth W. Simons
• Rylands v. Fletcher : tort law's conscience / Kenneth S.Abraham
• Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.: strict products liability unbound / Mark Geistfeld
• Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co. : liability for harm caused by necessity / Stephen D. Sugarman.

Ideally suited as a supplement in a first-year torts course or as a text for an advanced seminar, Torts Stories provides an enriched understanding of ten leading torts cases, focusing on how the litigation was shaped by lawyers, judges and socioeconomic factors, and why the cases have attained landmark status. The publication provides students with an understanding of ten leading torts cases: United States v. Carroll Towing Co., the Hand Formula's Home Port; MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., Simplifying the Facts while Reshaping the Law; Rowland v. Christian, Hallmark of an Expansionary Era; Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, The Therapist's Dilemma; The Wagon Mound Cases, Foreseeability, Causation, and Mrs. Palsgraf; Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly and Co., Markets of Mothers; Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co., While the Timorous Stay at Home, the Adventurous Ride the Flopper; Rylands v. Fletcher, Tort Law's Conscience; Esc.
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