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1. Introduction to Tort Law
a. Categories of torts
b. Elements of torts
c. Tort terminology
2. Negligence: Summary
a. Duty
b. Breach
c. Causation
d. Damages
3. Negligence: Foreseeability
a. Objective standard
b. Determination "formula"
c. Area analysis
d. Activity analysis
e. People analysis
f. Preparation analysis
g. Historical data
h. Common Sense
4. Negligence: Duty
a. General rule
b. Unforeseeable plaintiff
c. Nonfeasance and special relationships
d. Gratuitous undertaking
5. Negligence: Breach of Duty
a. Standard of care: reasonableness
b. Breach of duty equation
c. Objective or subjective standard
d. Res ipsa loquitur
e. Violation of statute, ordinance, or regulation
f. Gross negligence and willful, wanton, reckless conduct
g. Vicarious liability
h. Medical malpractice
i. Legal malpractice
6. Negligence: Proximate Cause
a. Evidence of causation
b. Cut-off test of proximate cause
c. Intervening causes
d. Unforeseeable plaintiff
e. Analysis of proximate cause
7. Negligence: Damages
a. Types of damages
b. Pain and suffering
c. Property damage
d. Doctrine of avoidable consequences
e. Joint tortfeasors
f. Indemnity
8. Negligence: Defenses
a. Contributory negligence
b. "Last clear chance"
c. Comparative negligence
d. Assumption of the risk
9. Survival and Wrongful Death
a. Torts that survive
b. Common law and statutory law
c. Characteristics of actions that survive
d. Wrongful death
e. Avoiding double recovery
10. Products Liability
a. Negligence
b. Manufacturer and non-manufacturer
c. Defenses
d. Misrepresentation
e. Warranty and strict liability
f. Express and implied warranties
g. Strict liability in tort
h. Defective products that are unreasonably dangerous
11. Infliction of Emotional Distress
a. Intentional infliction of emotional distress
b. Extreme or outrageous conduct
c. Intent
d. Causation
e. Severe emotional distress
f. Negligent infliction of emotional distress
g. Physical harm and injury
h. Later physical harm or injury
i. Witnessing someone else's injury
12. False Imprisonment and False Arrest
a. Confinement
b. Intent
c. Causation
d. Consciousness of harm
e. Peace officer's privilege of arrest
f. Private citizen's privilege of arrest
13. Defamation
a. Libel
b. Slander
c. Absolute privilege
d. Publication
e. Damages
14. Assault and Battery
a. Intent and motive
b. Harmful or offensive
c. Transferred intent
15. Torts Against the Family
a. Loss of consortium
b. Loss of services
c. Abduction or enticement of a child
d. Criminal conversations
16. Torts Connected with Land
a. Trespass
b. Strict liability for abnormally dangerous conditions or activities
c. Nuisance
d. Special problems of buyers and sellers
e. Landlord and tenant
17. Business Torts
a. Disparagement
b. Interference with contract relations
c. Injurious falsehood
d. Interference with prospective advantage
18. Privileges and Immunities
a. Consent in tort law
b. Self-help privileges
c. Sovereign immunity
d. Official immunity-liability of government
e. Employees
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Essentials of Torts, by William Statsky, Delmar Cengage Learning, 2nd edition, 2000 (classic in the field).