TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction
- Introduction to Tort Law and Practice
- Legal Analysis in Tort Law
- Fact Gathering in Tort Litigation
- Foreseeability in Tort Law
II. Intentional Torts
- Battery
- Assault
- False Imprisonment and False Arrest
- Intentional infliction of Emotional Distress
- Misuse of Legal Process (Malicious Prosecution; Abuse of Process)
- Conversion and Trespass to Chattels
- Strict Liability
III. Negligence
- Negligence: a Summary
- Negligence: Duty
- Negligence: Breach of Duty
- Medical Malpractice
- Legal Malpractice
- Negligence: Damages
- Negligence: Defenses
- Products Liability, Breach of Warranty, Mass Torts
- Survival and Wrongful Death
IV. Other Torts and Defenses
- Torts Against and Within the family
- Torts Connected with Land (Trespass to Land, Premises Liability)
- Defamation (Libel, Slander)
- Defamation on the Internet
- Invasion of Privacy
- Misrepresentation
- Consent and other Tort Defenses
V. Workers’ Compensation and Settlement
- Workers’ Compensation
- Settling a Tort Case
Appendix
- Automobile Insurance
- Resources for a Tort Practice
- 50 State Survey on Medical Malpractice
