Torts
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Key Materials
- Syllabus
- Case briefs
- Practice exams
Introduction
Welcome
Before
- Read the syllabus.
- Do something healthy.
- Tell me about yourself.
- Read this practice exam.
- Take this quiz on this reading.
- Complete this puzzle.
After
- After each class you should take a few minutes to reflect on class, identify key takeaways, correct and update the notes you took before class, and incorporate any (brief) notes you took during class. In addition, you will frequently have a post-class reading assignment summarizing and detailing the "black-letter law" that we began to explore in class.
- Complete this reflection.
Goals
Before
- Leading causes of death in the United States
- Historical change in causes of death
- CDC covid-19 fatality data
- Motor vehicle crash deaths in the USA
- Deaths compared to injuries and persons involved
- Vehicle emissions
- Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes (2010): Read through page 21 (PDF page 26)
- A blank slate
- Reading and math skills
- Checking in
After
- Post-class check-in
Procedure
Before
- The Legal Process in the United States: A Civil Case
- Burdens of proof: In Black's Law Dictionary, look up:
- Burden of proof
- Burden of pleading
- Burden of production
- Burden of persuasion
- Standards of proof
- Preponderance of the evidence
- Juries
- More on juries
- Civil versus criminal
- "Civil"
- Evidence
- Venn diagrams
- Facts versus law
- Other standards
- Briefing cases
- Baltimore & O.R. Co. v. Goodman, 275 U.S. 66 (1927)
- Testing your briefing
After
Culpability
Before After
Elements
Before After
Facts
Before After
Case Law
Before After
Holdings
Before After
Materiality
Before After
Vicarious Liability
Before After
Negligence: Duty
Generally
Before After
Affirmative Acts That Cause Physical Harm
Before After
Duty to Act Affirmatively
Before After
Pure Emotional Harm
Before After
Pure Economic Harm
Before After
Statutory Duties
Before After
Premises Liability
Before After
Summary
Before After
Negligence: Breach
Reasonable Care
Before After
The Reasonable Person
Before After
B vs. PL
Before After
Statutory Standards
Before After
Custom
Before After
Professional Standards
Before After
Proving Breach
Before After
Summary
Before After
Negligence: Factual Cause
The Tests
Before After
Uncertainty (Part One)
Before After
Uncertainty (Part Two)
Before After
Uncertainty (Part Three)
Before After === Summary Before After
Negligence: Scope of Liability
Palsgraf v. LIRR
Before After
Foreseeability
Before After
Summary
Before After
Negligence: Damages
Types of Damages
Before After
Negligence: Affirmative Defenses
Contributory Negligence, Comparative Fault, and Assumption of Risk
Before After
Statutes of Limitation and Repose
Before After
Immunities
Before After
The Doctrinal Messiness of Rescue
Before After
Negligence: Awards
Making the Plaintiff Whole
Before After
Discrimination
Before After
Initial Apportionment
Before After
Contribution, Indemnification, and Settlement
Before After
Seatbelt Exercise
Before After
Other Torts
Intentional Torts
Before After
Trespass, Nuisance, and Abnormally Dangerous Activities
Before After
Products Liability
Before After
Privacy and Reputational Torts
Before After
Conclusion
Practice Exam
Before After
Insurance, Bankruptcy, and Inability to Collect
Before After
Alternatives
Before After
Q&A and Sendoff
Before After
