02637cam a2200445 i 4500 20171960 KCU 20250724074911.0 171207s2017 mnu 001 0 eng 2017298056 9781634608183 (hbk) 9781683289715 (pbk. : teacher's manual) DLC eng. KCU KCU AACR2 pcc n-us--- KF1250 .D6 2017 346.730 DOB 23 Dobbs, Dan B., author. 3 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. St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2017] xxxix, 719 pages ; 26 cm. Teacher's manual: xx, 1038 pages ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. Torts United States Cases 4 Damages United States Cases 5 Liability (Law) United States Cases. 6 Compensation (Law) United States Cases. 7 Casebooks (Law) lcgft 8 Hayden, Paul T., 1956- author. 9 Bublick, Ellen M., author. 10 7 cbc origcop 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 36993 36993 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC KCU/LIB/01 KCU/LIB/01 REF 2025-06-27 Donation 0 346.730 DOB 6553 2025-06-27 15:42:16 1 2025-06-27 BK