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前言
Chapter Ⅰ INTRODUCTION
Unintentional Harm
Hammontree v.Jenner
Supplemental Reading
I.Ashtray Falling from Above
II.Definition of Tort Law (Selected)
III.For Every Wrong There is a Remedy ...Or is There?
Chapter Ⅱ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅰ)
Standard of Care
Probability Burden and Liability
United States v.Carroll Towing Co.
Negligence
Davison v.Snohomish County
Effect of Statute
Martin v.Herzog
Standard of Care and Unreasonable Risk
Adams v.Bullock
Aggravated Negligence
Chapter Ⅲ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅱ)
Proof of Negligence
Byrne v.Boadle
Larson v.St.Francis Hotel
Multiple Defendants
Ybarra v.Spangard
Chapter Ⅳ CAUSATION
Cause in Fact
Perkins v.Texas and New Orleans Ry.Co.
Summers v.Tice
Sindell v.Abbott Laboratories
Chapter Ⅴ UNFORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES
Unexpected Result
In re an Arbitration Between Polemisand Another And Furness Withy Co. Ltd.
Unexpected Victim
Palsgraf v.Long Island Railroad Co.
Proximate Cause
Petition of Kinsman Transit Co.
Intervening Causes
Derdiarian v.Felix Contracting Corp.
Secondary Accidents
McCoy v.American Suzuki Motor Corp.
Chapter Ⅵ DEFENSES (Ⅰ)
Plaintiff’s Conduct: Contributory & Comparative Negligence
Contributory Negligence
Butterfield v.Forrester
Comparative Negligence
Daly v.General Motors Corporation
Assumption of Risk
Winterstein v.Wilcom
Assumption of Implied Risk
Rush v.Commercial Realty Co.
Chapter Ⅶ DEFENSES (Ⅱ)
Statutory Bars
Statute of Limitations and Repose
Teeters v.Currey
Tort Liability of Municipalities
Riss v.City of New York
Immunity
DeLong v.Erie County
Chapter Ⅷ REMEDIES
Compensatory & Punitive Damages
Damages For Physical Harm
Allocation Among Tortfeasors
Personal Injury Remedies
Anderson v.Sears Roebuck & Co.
Richardson v.Chapman
“Grossly Excessive” Punitive Damages
BMW of North America Inc.v.Gore
Intentional Trespass
Jacque v.Steenberg Homes Inc.
Chapter Ⅸ MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Doctor/Patient Relationship
Moore v.Regents of University of California
Helling v.Carey
Henning v.Thomas
Chapter Ⅹ PRODUCT LIABILITY & STRICT LIABILITY
Product Liability
MacPherson v.Buick Motor Co.
Strict Liability
Greenman v.Yuba Power Products Inc.
Abnormally Dangerous Activity
Rylands v.Fletcher
Indiana Harbor Belt R.R.Co.v.American Cyanamid Co.
Manufacturing Defect
Rix v.General Motors Corp.
Design Defect
O’Brien v.Muskin Corp.
Chapter Ⅺ INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF MENTAL DISTRESS
State Rubbish Collectors Ass’n v.Siliznoff
Emotional Distress
Womack v.Eldridge
First Amendment Over Parody
Hustler Magazine Inc.v.Falwell
Adventures of Larry Flynt
Chapter Ⅻ DEFAMATION
Defamation
Defamation and Freedom of Speech
New York Times Co.v.Sullivan