McGraw-Hill's Torts for Paralegals

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• Publisher: Career Education
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 291
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Torts for Paralegals explores the wide variety of civil wrongs that can harm an individual and the remedies available to that injured party. Utilizing many practical learning tools, the text is a step-by-step approach in understanding private harms and proving their prima facie elements. The text is written in a very concise and sequential manner, beginning with intentional torts, continuing through the steps of negligence, and finishing with the different liabilities and agency law. The many practical assignments allow students to enjoy the study of torts and apply it to their work as practicing paralegals. The Paralegal Supersite Site

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page
......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
About the Authors......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Brief Contents......Page 17
Contents......Page 18
What Is a Tort?......Page 24
Reasonable Care......Page 25
Crimes......Page 26
Contracts......Page 27
Elements of All the Torts......Page 28
Intentional Torts......Page 29
Major Types of Personal Injury Tort Litigation......Page 30
Summary......Page 31
Intent......Page 40
Battery......Page 42
Assault......Page 44
False Imprisonment......Page 45
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress......Page 47
Malicious Prosecution......Page 49
Defamation......Page 50
Invasion of Privacy......Page 52
Summary......Page 55
Trespass to Land......Page 62
Trespass to Chattels......Page 64
Trespass in Cyberspace......Page 65
Conversion......Page 66
Summary......Page 68
Concept of a Defense......Page 76
Consent......Page 77
Self-Defense......Page 78
Defense of Others......Page 80
Reentry onto Land......Page 81
Necessity......Page 82
Discipline......Page 83
Summary......Page 84
Negligence......Page 93
The Elements of Negligence......Page 94
The Reasonable Person......Page 96
Duty......Page 97
Breach of Duty......Page 98
Res Ipsa Loquitur......Page 101
Violation of a Law......Page 102
Presumption of Negligence......Page 103
Summary......Page 104
Causation in Fact......Page 110
The “But For” Test......Page 111
Substantial Factor......Page 112
Market Share......Page 113
Foreseeability......Page 114
Intervening Causes......Page 115
Proximate Cause Overview......Page 116
Summary......Page 117
Contributory Negligence......Page 123
Cause in Fact......Page 124
Helpless Plaintiff, Inattentive Defendant......Page 125
Comparative Negligence......Page 126
Modified Comparative Negligence......Page 127
Express Assumption......Page 128
Implied Assumption......Page 129
Summary......Page 130
Compensatory Damages......Page 137
Nominal Damages......Page 139
Punitive Damages......Page 140
Mitigation......Page 141
Joint Tortfeasors......Page 142
Indemnity......Page 143
Summary......Page 144
Vicarious Liability......Page 153
Employer-Employee Relationship......Page 154
Frolic and Detour......Page 155
Negligent Supervision......Page 158
Independent Contractor......Page 159
Intentional Torts......Page 162
Family Purpose Doctrine......Page 163
Summary......Page 165
Outside the Land......Page 172
Entry upon Land......Page 173
Constant Trespasser......Page 174
Licensees......Page 175
Invitees......Page 176
Vendors and Vendees......Page 177
Private Nuisance......Page 178
Public Nuisance......Page 180
Defenses to Nuisance......Page 181
Summary......Page 182
Strict Liability......Page 190
Wild Animals......Page 191
Domesticated Animals......Page 192
Liability to Third Parties......Page 193
Livestock......Page 194
Abnormally Dangerous Activities......Page 195
Defenses to Strict Liability......Page 197
Summary......Page 199
Product Liability......Page 204
Manufacturer......Page 205
Defenses......Page 206
Warranty and Strict Liability......Page 207
Implied Warranty......Page 208
Defenses to Warranty Actions......Page 210
Design Defects......Page 212
Summary......Page 213
Medical Malpractice......Page 220
Legal Malpractice......Page 222
Personal Tort......Page 224
Wrongful Death Tort......Page 225
Business Tort......Page 226
Disparagement......Page 227
Interference with Contractual Relationships......Page 228
Interference with Employment......Page 229
Summary......Page 230
Public Policy......Page 237
Interspousal Immunity......Page 238
Spousal Privilege......Page 239
Parent and Child......Page 241
Charitable Immunity......Page 242
Federal Government......Page 244
Local Government......Page 246
Diplomatic Immunity......Page 247
Summary......Page 248
APPENDIX: United States Constitution and Bill of Rights......Page 255
GLOSSARY......Page 271
INDEX......Page 277