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Reasonable care

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 # Panopto lecture on [https://uofsc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=f2e072e7-a0b1-4c8a-8685-b34c010d5789 "Exam Strategies"]
 # Take the new practice exam as a timed four-hour exam.
-## Beginning November 10th, the practice exam questions will be available for pickup from Ms. Nicole Morris during business hours on the second floor of the faculty suite and for download from this page. If you take the practice exam on Examplify, you are not able to download or view the questions on your computer.
+## Beginning November 9th, the practice exam questions will be available for pickup from Ms. Nicole Morris during business hours on the second floor of the faculty suite and for download from this page. If you take the practice exam on Examplify, you are not able to download or view the questions on your computer.
 ## After your Examplify installation session, the Examplify answer file will be available for download on Examplify. Please look for the instructions from our Registrar.
 ## I suggest you take this practice exam in Examplify to get comfortable using the software.
 ## I also suggest you take photos of your answers on your screen so that these answers are available to you outside of Examplify. You will not be able to see your answers in Examplify once you finish the practice exam.
-## In case it is helpful, the Children's Law Center conference room is reserved for your use on Saturday, November 15th from 1:00pm. (Make sure you already have the practice exam materials.) We will collectively start the practice exam at 1:30pm.
+## In case it is helpful, Room 103 is reserved for your use on Saturday, November 14th from 1:00pm. (Make sure you already have the practice exam materials.) We will collectively start the practice exam at 1:30pm.
-# Prepare any questions on the material (including the practice exam) for class on Tuesday, November 18th.
+# Prepare any questions on the material (including the practice exam) for class on Monday, November 16th.
 == Conclusion ==

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 In filings, the defendants admitted that anthropogenic activities, including combustion of fossil fuels, are the primary driver of climate change but denied that their conduct with respect to the production and promotion of those fossil fuels was unreasonable. Furthermore, first in motions to dismiss and then in motions for summary judgment, they argued that, even if breach were assumed, the plaintiffs could not meet the burden of causally linking that breach to specific injuries.
-The trial court denied defendants' substantive motions and, following a lengthy trial, returned a bench verdict for the plaintiffs on their claims of negligence. The court explicitly found that (a) by 1977 the defendants or their predecessors knew or should have known about the risks of climate change, (b) in light of that actual or constructive knowledge, the defendants breached their duty by (i) increasing their production of fossil fuels and (ii) promoting the continued use of fossil fuels, (c) those breaches were a factual cause of the plaintiffs' injuries, and (d) those injuries were within the scope of liability for those breaches. (The judge entered separate verdicts on the plaintiffs' claims of fraud, public nuisance, private nuisance, and trespass to land.)
+The trial court denied defendants' substantive motions and, following a lengthy trial, returned a bench verdict for the plaintiffs on their claims of negligence. The court explicitly found that (a) by 1977 the defendants or their predecessors knew or should have known about the risks of climate change, (b) in light of that actual or constructive knowledge, the defendants breached their duty by (i) increasing their production of fossil fuels and (ii) promoting the continued use of fossil fuels, (c) those breaches were a factual cause of the plaintiffs' injuries, and (d) those injuries were within the scope of liability for those breaches. (The judge entered separate verdicts on the plaintiffs' claims of fraud, public nuisance, private nuisance, trespass to land, and strict products liability.)
 The defendants appealed, the intermediate appellate court reversed the negligence judgment solely on the element of factual cause, and the plaintiffs appealed to the state supreme court. The state supreme court has now directed oral argument on the following question:
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 In anticipation of these oral arguments, your Circuit Court Circuit should prepare (1) the specific arguments that you would make as counsel for the plaintiffs, (2) the specific arguments that you would make as counsel for the defendants, (3) the specific questions that you would ask as a justice on the supreme court, and (4) the specific criteria that you would use to evaluate the performance of the attorneys and justices. You should consider issues of law, fact, policy, and practicality. You may, but you need not, conduct additional research; the state supreme court is open to persuasive precedent from any jurisdiction.
-The schedule will be as follows:
+The room assignments are as follows:
 * '''1:00''': I will announce the role for each Circuit Court Circuit (counsel for plaintiff, counsel for defendant, presiding justices, deciding justices).
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 The presiding justices are responsible for ensuring strict adherence to this minute-by-minute schedule (including using the full time).
-Please ignore me when I visit.
+Your team must be prepared to represent the plaintiffs, to represent the defendants, to serve as presiding judges (who start the session, manage the room and the schedule, and ask questions), and to serve as deciding judges (who announce their individual decisions, explain their reasoning, and then concretely and constructively evaluate everyone's performance). I will assign an actual role to each team shortly before class begins.
 Good luck!

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 '''After class'''
 # Understanding Torts § 11.04[D]-[E]
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20210508080832/https://www.law.com/sites/almstaff/2017/04/12/so-awkward-what-to-do-when-a-justice-butchers-a-pronunciation-from-the-bench/ Tony Mauro, So awkward! What to do when a justice butchers a pronunciation from the bench?, Law.com (2017)]
+# [https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/10/why-illusions-understanding-explanation-question/688826/?gift=InUJtx7iLc0GU8ZbrzhiJwKe6dehd391Ve0emkRKk4A&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share Tania Lombrozo, AI Could Worsen a Common Cognitive Trap, The Atlantic (October 3, 2026)]
 '''Key takeaways'''

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 The schedule will be as follows:
-* '''10:15''': I will announce the role for each Circuit Court Circuit (counsel for plaintiff, counsel for defendant, presiding justices, deciding justices).
+* '''1:00''': I will announce the role for each Circuit Court Circuit (counsel for plaintiff, counsel for defendant, presiding justices, deciding justices).
-* '''10:45''': Presiding justices begin court (1 minute).
+* '''1:30''': Presiding justices begin court (1 minute).
-* '''10:46''': Plaintiff gives opening argument (4 minutes).
+* '''1:31''': Plaintiff gives opening argument (4 minutes).
-* '''10:50''': Defendant gives opening argument (4 minutes).
+* '''1:35''': Defendant gives opening argument (4 minutes).
-* '''10:54''': Plaintiff rebuts defendant’s opening argument (2 minutes).
+* '''1:39''': Plaintiff rebuts defendant’s opening argument (2 minutes).
-* '''10:56''': Presiding justices ask questions and direct arguments between both sides (23 minutes).
+* '''1:41''': Presiding justices ask questions and direct arguments between both sides (23 minutes).
-* '''11:19''': Defendant gives closing argument (4 minutes).
+* '''2:04''': Defendant gives closing argument (4 minutes).
-* '''11:23''': Plaintiff gives closing argument (4 minutes).
+* '''2:08''': Plaintiff gives closing argument (4 minutes).
-* '''11:27''': Defendant rebuts plaintiff's closing argument (2 minutes).
+* '''2:12''': Defendant rebuts plaintiff's closing argument (2 minutes).
-* '''11:29''': Deciding justices each announce and explain their individual decision (6 minutes).
+* '''2:14''': Deciding justices each announce and explain their individual decision (6 minutes).
-* '''11:35''': Deciding justices lead a concrete evaluation of everyone’s performance (10 minutes).
+* '''2:20''': Deciding justices lead a concrete evaluation of everyone’s performance (10 minutes).
 The presiding justices are responsible for ensuring strict adherence to this minute-by-minute schedule (including using the full time).

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 # What is the standard of care associated with this duty? How does it compare to reasonable care?
 # Did the defendant breach its duty?
-# Is the majority or the dissent more persuasive? Why?
+# Pay particular attention to the concurrence. What is Justice Sherwood really saying?
 # In both Goodman and Pokora, whose allegedly unreasonable conduct is at issue? What seems strange about this?
 # What is a holding of Goodman?