ASPEN PUBLISHERS The Law of Torts Fourth Edition Joseph W. Glannon ST IdWVXa SNOLLVNV1dXa%. @ Wolters Kluwer Tea a ETContents Preface to Students xiti Acknowledgments x Special Notice xu PART I. INTENTIONAL TORTS Chapter 1 Fundamental Protections: The Tort of Battery 3 Chapter 2. The Action for Assault: A Tort Ahead of Its Time 23 Chapter 3. Protecting the Right of Possession: ‘Trespass to Tand 4B Chapter 4 Dueling Remedies: ‘Trespass to Chattels and Conversion 61 Chapter 5 alse Imprisonment: Protecting Freedom of Movement 7 Chapter 6 = The Far Side of the Coin: Classic Defenses to Intentional Torts 91 PART II. THE CONCEPT OF NEGLIGENCE Chapter 7 That Odious Character: The Reasonable Person 17 Chapter 8 Borrowing Standards of Care: Violation of Statute as Negligence 143 Chapter 9 A Phrase in Latin: Res Tpsa Loguitur 163 _ PART Ill. THE CAUSATION ENIGMA Chapter 10 Reconstructing Ilistory: Determining “Cause in Fact” 189 Chapter 11 Risks Reconsidered: Complex Issues in Establishing Factual Cause 211 Chapter 12) Drawing a Line Somewhere: Proximate Cause 237 ixContents PART IV. THE DUTY ELEMENT Chapter 13. ‘The Elusive Element of Duty: Two Principles in Search of an Exception 267 Chapter 14 Vicarious Displeasure: Claims for Indirect Infliction of Emotional Distress and Loss of Consortium 295 Chapter 15 Caveat Actor: Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities 321 Chapter 16 Strict Products Liability: Basie Theories of Recovery 343 Chapter 17 More Products Liability: Common “Defenses” to Strict Products Liability Claims 371 PART V. DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY Chapter 18 Personal Injury Damages: The Flements of” Compensation 399 Chapter 19 Compensating Somebody: Wrongful Death and Survival Actions 423 PART VI. INTERLUDE: PLEADING A PERSONAL INJURY CASE Chapter 20. Some Tegal Anatomy: Thinking Like a Tort Lawyer 447 PART VII. LIABILITY OF MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS Chapter 21 Joint and Several Liability: The Classic Rules 471 Chapter 22 Honor Among Thieves: Basic Principles of Contribution 489 Chapter 23 Please Pass the Liability: Respondeat Superior and Nondelegable Duties 509Contents PART VIII. THE EFFECT OF PLAINTIFF'S CONDUCT Chapter 24 The Once and Future Defense: Assumption of the Risk 535 Chapter 25 Casting the Second Stone: Comparative Negligence 559 Chapter 26 ‘The Fracturing of the Common Law: Loss Allocation in the Comparative Negligence Era 587 PART IX. TAKING A TORTS ESSAY EXAM Chapter 27 The Pot at the End of the Rainbow: Analyzing Torts Issues on an Essay Fram 607 Chapter 28 Dandelions in the Bluchaok Garden: Six Classic Exam Writing Mistakes 631 Chapter 29 Practice Makes Perfect: Examples and Txplanations 645 Index 661 xiTU TeIp YOU Prepare JUr Cis Of FEULeW fOr CXAQIIS—— The Examples & Explanations Series Practical Preparation for Sensible Students Parenase an rcpen Examples & Explanations for your other courses! O Accessible Presentation O Solid Preparation O Clear Explanations Learn from the experts... Examples & Explanations authors are among the best and most experienced professors in America’s law schools. Choose Administrative Law, 3E William F. Funk and Richard H. Seamon Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs, 3E Daniel S. Kleinberger Bankruptcy and G Debtor/Creditor, 5E Brian A. Blum California Community Property, 3E Charlotte K. Goldberg California carn Evidence Chris Chambers Goodman Civil Procedure, 6E Joseph W. Glannon Also Available: Aspen Audio Guide to Civil Procedure (ISBN: 0735572380) Conflict cr of Laws Michael H. Hoffheimer Constitutional Law: 44 Individual Rights, 5E* Allan Ides and Christopher N. May Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism, 5E Christopher N. May and Allan Ides Contracts, 5E Brian A. Blum & Copyright, 2e Stephen M. Mcjohn Corporate Taxation, 4E % Cheryl D. Block Corporations, 6E Alan R. Palmiter Criminal Law, 5E ( Richard G. Singer and John Q. La Fond Criminal Procedure, 6E ' Robert M. Bloom and Mark S. Brodin Criminal Procedure II, 2E Richard G. Singer Dispute Resolution Michael L. Moffitt and Andrea K. Schneider Environmental Law, SE Steven Ferrey Evidence, 7E Arthur Best 9 Family Law, 3E Robert Oliphant and ‘ Nancy Ver Steegh Federal Courts, 2E Laura E. Little Federal Income Tax, 5E Joseph Bankman, Thomas D. Griffith, and Katherine Pratt Intellectual Property, 3E Stephen M. McJohn Payment Systems, 4E ( James Brook Professional Responsibility, 2E W. Bradley Wendel Property, 3E Barlow Burke and Joseph Snoe Real Estate -~ Transactions, 5E Barlow Burke Remedies, 2E 7 Richard L. Hasen - Sales and Leases, 5E James Brook Secured Transactions, 5E James Brook Securities Regulation, 4E Alan R. Palmiter : The Law of Torts, 4E (3/5: Joseph W. Glannon Wills, Trusts, and Estates, 4E Gerry W. Beyer ISBN 978-0-7355 | B87 355-0074-5 | | | | | 780/35 !988765 3)