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Table of Contents
Torts basics : the prima facie case and affirmative defenses
Physical invasions : (harmful) battery, trespass to land, trespass to chattels, and conversion
Emotional and dignitary torts : assault, offensive battery, and false imprisonment
Affirmative defenses to intentional torts
Intentional tort frontiers : intentional infliction of emotional distress
Introduction to negligence : corrective justice, efficiency, and the choice between strict liability and negligence
Breach : the reasonable person standard
More ways of proving breach : custom, res ipsa loquitur, and negligence per se
Affirmative defenses to negligence : contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and assumption of risk
Basic duty rules : foreseeable plaintiffs, the sports cases, and risk creation
More duty rules : special relationships, landowners, and negligent infliction of emotional distress
Actual cause : "but for" causation, its complications, and exceptions
Proximate cause : policy limitations on the scope of liability
From traditional strict liability to strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities
Nuisance
Vicarious liability
The prima facie case for products liability torts
Products liability torts defenses, including preemption
Compensatory damages
Mitigation, offsetting benefits, and collateral sources
Joint and several liability
Punitive damages and their constitutional limitations
Closing closers.
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Includes index.
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