Dobbs, Dan B., <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781634608183 (hbk) 9781683289715 (pbk. : teacher's manual) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017298056 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Torts--United States--Cases<br/>Damages--United States--Cases<br/>Liability (Law)--United States--Cases.<br/>Compensation (Law)--United States--Cases.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Casebooks (Law)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF1250  / .D6 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>346.730  / DOB