Torts and compensation : personal accountability and social responsibility for injury /
Dobbs, Dan B.,
Torts and compensation : personal accountability and social responsibility for injury / Dan B. Dobbs, James E. Rogers Paul T. Hayden, Thomas V. Girardi, Ellen M. Bublick, Dan B. Dobbs - Concise edition, Eighth edition. - xxxix, 719 pages ; 26 cm. xx, 1038 pages ; 28 cm - American casebook series .
Includes index.
Tort law : aims, approaches, and processes -- Reading tort cases and understanding trial procedure -- Intentional torts to person or property -- Defenses to intentional torts : privileges -- Prima facie case for negligence and the element of duty -- Breach of duty -- Actual harm and factual cause -- Scope of liability (Proximate Cause) -- Fault of the Plaintiff -- Assumption of the risk -- Defenses not on the merits -- Carriers, host-drivers and landowners -- Duties of health-care providers -- Family members and charities -- Governmental entities, officers and employees -- Nonfeasance -- Contract and duty -- The duty to protect from third persons -- Emotional harm -- Prenatal harms -- Wrongful Death and Survival Actions -- Vicarious liability -- Common law strict liability -- Tort liability for defective products -- Apportionment and Settlement -- Damages -- Evaluating tort law -- Being aware of compensation options -- Being aware of dignitary and economic torts.
9781634608183 (hbk) 9781683289715 (pbk. : teacher's manual)
2017298056
Torts--United States--Cases
Damages--United States--Cases
Liability (Law)--United States--Cases.
Compensation (Law)--United States--Cases.
Casebooks (Law)
KF1250 / .D6 2017
346.730 / DOB
Torts and compensation : personal accountability and social responsibility for injury / Dan B. Dobbs, James E. Rogers Paul T. Hayden, Thomas V. Girardi, Ellen M. Bublick, Dan B. Dobbs - Concise edition, Eighth edition. - xxxix, 719 pages ; 26 cm. xx, 1038 pages ; 28 cm - American casebook series .
Includes index.
Tort law : aims, approaches, and processes -- Reading tort cases and understanding trial procedure -- Intentional torts to person or property -- Defenses to intentional torts : privileges -- Prima facie case for negligence and the element of duty -- Breach of duty -- Actual harm and factual cause -- Scope of liability (Proximate Cause) -- Fault of the Plaintiff -- Assumption of the risk -- Defenses not on the merits -- Carriers, host-drivers and landowners -- Duties of health-care providers -- Family members and charities -- Governmental entities, officers and employees -- Nonfeasance -- Contract and duty -- The duty to protect from third persons -- Emotional harm -- Prenatal harms -- Wrongful Death and Survival Actions -- Vicarious liability -- Common law strict liability -- Tort liability for defective products -- Apportionment and Settlement -- Damages -- Evaluating tort law -- Being aware of compensation options -- Being aware of dignitary and economic torts.
9781634608183 (hbk) 9781683289715 (pbk. : teacher's manual)
2017298056
Torts--United States--Cases
Damages--United States--Cases
Liability (Law)--United States--Cases.
Compensation (Law)--United States--Cases.
Casebooks (Law)
KF1250 / .D6 2017
346.730 / DOB