Tort outline:

Table of Content
II. Intentional Tort
1.
Intent
+ Garret v. Dailey:
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2.
Battery
3.
Assault
4.
False imprisonment
5.
IIED
6.
Trespass to land
7.
Trespass to chattels
8.
Conversion
III. Privilege
1.
Consent
2.
Self-defense
3.
Defense of others
4.
Defense of property
5.
Recovery of property
6.
Necessity
7.
Authority of law
8.
Discipline
9.
Justification
IV. Negligence
1.
History
2.
Elements of cause of action
3.
A negligence formula
4.
The standard of care
A.
The reasonable person standard
B.
The professional
C.
Aggravated negligence
5.
Rule of law
6.
Violation of statute
A.
Applicability of statute
B.
Effect of statute
7.
Proof of negligence
8.
Circumstantial evidence
9.
Res ipsa loquitur
V. Causation in fact

1.
Sine qua non
2.
Proof of causation
3.
Concurrent causes
4.
Problems in determining which party caused the harm
VI. Proximate or legal cause
1.
Unforeseeable consequences
2.
Intervening causes
3.
Public policy
4.
Shifting responsibility
VII. Joint tortfeasors
1.
Liability and joinder of defendants
2.
Satisfacation and release
3.
Contribution and indemnity
4.
Apportionment of damages
VIII. Duty of case
1.
Privity of contract
2.
Failure of act
3.
Pure economic lost
4.
Emotional distress
IX. Owners and occupiers of land
1.
Outside the premises
2.
On the premises
A.
Trespassers
B.
Licensees
C.
Invitees
D.
Persons outside the established categories
i.
Children
ii.
Persons privileged to enter irrespective of landowners concent
E.
Rejecting or merging of categories
3.
Lessor and lessee