TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dobbs,Dan B.
AU  - Hayden,Paul T.
AU  - Bublick,Ellen M.
TI  - Torts and compensation: personal accountability and social responsibility for injury 
T2  - American casebook series
SN  - 9781634608183 (hbk)
AV  - KF1250 .D6 2017
U1  - 346.730 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - St. Paul, MN
PB  - West Academic Publishing
KW  - Torts
KW  - United States
KW  - Cases
KW  - Damages
KW  - Liability (Law)
KW  - Compensation (Law)
KW  - Casebooks (Law)
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
ER  -