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Content from the following sources has been used in the creation of this casebook:
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Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language
(First published Aug 2023)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
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Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised)
(First published Aug 2023)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 1.2: Howard v. Aspen Way Enterprises, Inc. ("The Privacy Case")
- 2.1.5: White v. Muniz ("The Caregiver Battery Case")
- 2.1.6: Contact
- 2.4.1.3.3: Garner v. Kovalak ("The Swerve Redux Case")
- 4.2.1.5.1.1: Restatement Second, Section 283A, on the negligence standard for children
- 4.2.1.5.1.2: Restatement Third, Section 10, on the negligence standard of children
- 4.2.1.5.1.4: Exception: When are children held to an adult standard of care?
- 4.2.1.5.2.1: Heath v. Swift Wings, Inc. ("The Controlled Landing Case")
- 4.2.1.5.2.2: Jackson v. Axelrad ("The Spider Man Meme Case")
- 4.2.1.5.4.1: Restatement Third, Section 11, on the standard of care for non-physical impairments
- 4.3.1.2: Mackey v. Allen ("The Trick Door Case")
- 4.3.1.3: Barker v. City of Philadelphia ("The Tragic Kid Crushing Case")
- 4.3.3.3: Trimarco v. Klein ("The Shattered Bathtub Glass Case")
- 4.3.4.3: Trujeque v. Service Merchandise Co. ("The Collapsing Chair Case")
- 4.3.4.4: Family Thrift, Inc. v. Birthrong ("The Thrift Store Chair Case")
- 4.3.4.5: Pannucci v. Edgewood Park Senior Housing ("The Dog Leash in the Elevator Case")
- 4.3.4.7: Restatement Third, Section 17, Res Ipsa Loquitur
- 4.4.1.1.1: Doe v. Boys Clubs of Greater Dallas, Inc. ("The Poor Predictor Case")
- 4.4.1.1.3: Joshi v. Providence Health System of Oregon Corp. ("The Exceptions to But-For Causation Case")
- 4.4.1.2.1: Restatement Third, Section 27, on multiple sufficient causes
- 4.4.2.1: "Natural" test
- 4.4.2.2: Substantial Factor
- 4.4.2.3.1: Restatement Third, Section 29, On Proximate Cause
- 4.4.2.3.2: Hale v. Brown ("The Follow-On Accident Case")
- 4.4.2.3.3: Thompson v. Kaczinski ("The Windy Trampoline Case")
- 4.4.2.4: Intervening Cause, Whether Superseding or not?
- 4.5.1.3: Harris v. Kissling ("The Future Child Case")
- 5.1.2.1: Robb v. Pennsylvania Railroad ("The Just in the Nick of Time Case")
- 5.2.2.4.1: Wallace v. Rosen ("The Fire Drill Conversation Case")
- 5.3.2.1: Finkle v. Regency CSP Ventures Ltd. Partnership ("The Wildlife Tour Case")
- 5.4.1.1.1: Miller v. General Motors Corp. ("The Trespasser Case")
- 5.4.1.1.2: Keffe v. Milwaukee & St. P. Ry. Co. ("A Classic Turntable Case")
- 5.4.1.1.3: Kessler v. Mortenson ("The Residential Trespasser Case")
- 5.4.1.2: Invitees v. Licensees
- 5.4.1.3: Off-Premises Plaintiffs
- 5.4.1.4: Open and Obvious Defense
- 5.4.2.1: Restatement Third, Section 51, on landowner duties
- 5.4.2.3: Mallet v. Pickens ("The Misplaced Masonry Block Case")
- 5.4.2.4: Handy v. Nejam ("The Pool Invitee/Licensee Case")
- 5.4.3: Open and Obvious
- 5.4.4: Mode of Operation Theory
- 6.1: History
- 6.2: Modern Cases
- 7.3: The Full Torts Playlist
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Torts!
(First published Jan 2021)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
Torts! incorporates additional material from:
- Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (first published Aug 2023) with contributions from:
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Zittrain Torts Playlist Spring 2018
(First published Apr 2018)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
Zittrain Torts Playlist Spring 2018 incorporates additional material from:
- Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (first published Aug 2023) with contributions from:
- Torts! (first published Jan 2021) with contributions from:
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