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PREFACE 1

PART Ⅰ． INTRODUCTION 1

Chapter 1. Prologue: Origins, Objectives, and Overviews of Tort Liability 1

1-1. The Definitional Dilemma 1

EXPLANATORY NOTE 4

1-2. Functions. Goals and Justifications of Tort Law 5

1-3. The Evolution of Tort Concepts and Remedies 12

1-4. The Roles of Judges and Juries 22

Chapter 2. Cause in Fact 25

2-1. Cause in Fact (R.430-34) 25

Chapter 3． Strict Liability 31

3-1. Basis of Strict Liability 31

PART 2. PHYSICAL HARM 31

3-2. Animals, Statutory Strict Liability 33

3-3. Abnormally Dangerous Activities 35

3-4. Scope of Strict Liability 43

Chapter 4． Liability for Negligent Conduct 47

4-1. Standards of Conduct: Of Risks and Reasonable Persons 47

4-2. Sources of Standards of Conduct 61

4-3. Proof of Negligence 68

4-4. Proximate Cause 77

4-5. The Concept of Duty 89

TABLE OF CASES 94

4-6. Degrees of Negligence 98

4-7. Wilful and Wanton Misconduct 101

Chapter 5. Defenses to Negligence Liability 105

5-1. Contributory Negligence 105

5-2. Comparative Negligence 109

5-3. Imputed Contributory Negligence 112

5-4. Assumption of Risk 115

5-5. Mitigation of Damages and Avoidable Consequences 123

5-6. Statutes of Limitations and Repose 124

Chapter 6． Liability for Intentional Misconduct 127

6-1. Intent 127

6-2. Battery 131

6-3. Assault 132

6-4. False Imprisonment 134

6-5. Intentional or Reckless Infliction of Emotional Distress 137

6-6. Trespass to Land 141

6-7. Chattels 146

Chapter 7．Defenses to Liability for Intentional Misconduct 157

7-1. In General 157

7-2. Consent 159

7-3. Defense of Self and Others 163

7-4. Defense and Recovery of Property 166

7-5. Necessity 170

7-6. Authority of Law 172

7-7. Discipline 175

Chapter 8． Special Liability Rules for Particular Activities 177

8-1. Introduction 177

A． OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND 178

8-2. Liability to Persons Off the Premises 178

8-3. Trespassing Adults 182

8-4. Trespassing Children 188

8-5. Licensees and Invitees 195

8-6. Rejection of Categories 205

8-7. Lessors 207

8-8. Vendors and Vendees 215

8-9. An Overview of Products Liability 217

B. PRODUCTS LIABILITY 217

C． EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS 229

8-10. Vicarious Liability 229

8-11. Employees 230

8-12. Independent Contractors 237

8-13. Employer's Liability to Employee; Workers' Compensation 242

8-14. Railroad Employees 248

8-15. Maritime Employees 251

D．AUTOMOBILES 255

8-16. Special Automobile Liability Rules 255

8-17. Automobile Accident Compensation 260

E． OTHER SPECIAL LIABILITY RULES 270

8-18. Medical and Other Professional Negligence("Malpractice") 270

8-19. Nuisance and Environmental Law 273

8-20. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress 286

8-21. Prenatal Harm 291

8-22. Alcoholic Beverages 293

8-23. Interference With Federal Constitutional Rights 295

Chapter 9. Damages for Physical Harm 303

9-1. Compensatory Damages 303

9-2. Consequential Damages 313

9-3. Punitive Damages 317

9-4. Allocation Among Tortfeasors 321

PART Ⅲ． TORT AND CONTRACT 331

Chapter 10. Tort and Contract 331

10-1. Parties to the Contract 331

10-2. Liability to Third Persons Not Parties to the Contract 335

PART Ⅳ． IMMUNITIES 341

Chapter 11． Immunities 341

11-1. Government and Its Employees 341

11-2. Charities 351

11-3. Spouses, Parents and Children 353

PART Ⅴ． SURVIVAL AND WRONGFUL DEATH 359

Chapter 12． Survival and Wrongful Death 359

12-1. Survival of Tort Actions 359

12-2. Wrongful Death 363

12-3. Wrongful Death: Beneficiaries and Damages 367

12-4. Wrongful Death: Defenses 374

PART Ⅵ． INJURIES TO OTHER INTERESTS 379

Chapter 13． Defamation 379

13-1. Defamation 379

13-2. Libel and Slander 384

13-3. Publication 385

13-4. Fault 387

13-5. Defenses 390

13-6. Damages 396

Chapter 14． Privacy 399

14-1. In General 399

14-2. Appropriation 400

14-3. Unreasonable Intrusion 401

14-4. Public Disclosure of Private Facts 401

14-5. False Light in the Public Eye 402

Chapter 15. Misrepresentation and Nondisclosure 405

15-1. Remedies for Misrepresentation 405

15-2. Basis of Liability 409

15-3. Scope of Liability 415

15-4. Representation and Nondisclosure 420

15-5. Reliance 423

15-6. Opinion, Prediction, and Intention 426

15-7. Damages for Misrepresentation 431

INDEX 435