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Introduction
Van camp v mcafoosupreme court of...,
Fault,
Dillon v frazersupreme court of s...
7
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Intentional Torts
Battery,
Battery intent,
Batteryintentsubstan
33
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Defenses for Intentional Torts
Affirmative defenses justificatio...,
Negative defenses defendant denie...,
Self defense and the defense of o...
28
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Negligence - Duty
Elements of negligence,
B duty of care an obligation that...,
Reasonable and prudent person sta...
25
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Negligence - Breach of Duty - Assessing Foreseeable Risks and Costs
Breach of duty to act in a way th...,
Assessing foreseeable risks and c...,
Foreseeability defined foreseeabi...
15
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Negligence - Breach of Duty - Assessing Responsibility When More than One Person is Negligent
Comparative fault if the plaintif...,
Joint and several liability a pla...,
Several liability a plaintiff sue...
7
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Negligence - Breach of Duty - Proving and Evaluating Conduct
Proving and evaluating conduct ne...,
Proving and evaluating conduct ne...,
A court cannot reverse a jury ver...
12
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Negligence - Breach of Duty - Violation of Private Standard or Common Custom and Compliance with Statute
Actor s own standard trial court ...,
Actor s own standard trial court ...,
Customplaintiff used a lower qual...
10
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Negligence - Breach of Duty - Unspecified Negligence
Res ipsa loquitur the thing speak...,
The fact that an unusual accident...,
Old res ipsa elementsthe accident...
22
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Negligence - Actual Harm and Factual Cause
Actual harm jury decisionan injur...,
Actual harm jury decisionan injur...,
Actual harm jury decisionan injur...
23
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Negligence - Scope of Liability (Proximate Cause) - Scope of Risk
Scope of liability proximate caus...,
Old traditional liability definit...,
New lability definition risk stan...
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Negligence - Scope of Liability (Proximate Cause) - Assessing the Scope of Risk
Assessing the scope of risk manne...,
The general type of harm caused b...,
Some courts expect defendants to ...
8
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Negligence - Scope of Liability (Proximate Cause) - Intervening Persons or Forces
Ask two questions did defendant s...,
Traditional rule the proximate ca...,
An intervening act of a second to...
19
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Defenses to Negligent Torts - Fault of the Plaintiff
Contributory negligence if the pl...,
Defendant left a pole on part of ...,
Adopting comparative fault rulesn...
40
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Defenses to Negligent Torts - Assumption of Risk
Contractional or express assumpti...,
A business that provides an essen...,
The restatement view a valid cont...
24
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Defenses to Negligent Torts - Defenses Not on the Merits
Crumpton v humanadate of injury a...,
Special rule for medical malpract...,
Traditional rule for statutes of ...
29
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Vicarious Liability - Respondeat Superior and Scope of Employment
Respondeat superior and scope of ...,
Respondeat superior and scope of ...,
Employee liability just because t...
24
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Vicarious Liability - Independent Contractors and Ostensible Agents and Other Forms of Vicarious Responsibility
A company is not liable for the t...,
Liability for contractors in gene...,
Factors for employee employer rel...
22
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Common Law Strict Liability
Historical strict liability for t...,
Historical strict liability for t...,
Trespassing animalsowners of live...
22
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Apportionment
Causal apportionment plaintiff ha...,
Fault apportionment plaintiff has...,
Joint and several and several lia...
40
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