1. Introduction/ Overview

1.1. History, tradition, roles, common law background, general overview

1.2. Role of Juries

2. Intentional Torts Against the Person

2.1. "Intent" defined

2.2. Battery

2.3. Assault

2.4. Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED)

2.5. False imprisonment

2.6. Fundamental Concepts of Damages

3. Defenses to Intentional Torts

3.1. Consent

3.1.1. Capacity to Consent (medical care, atheletic events, acts beyond consent)

3.2. Consent as Defense

4. Intentional Torts Against Property

4.1. Trespass to Land

4.1.1. General

4.1.2. Defenses

4.1.3. Contrasted to Nuisance

4.2. Trespass to chattels

4.2.1. General

4.2.2. Damages measured

4.2.3. Defenses

4.3. Conversion

4.3.1. General

4.3.2. Remedies

4.3.3. Defenses

5. Negligence

5.1. Elements of negligence

5.1.1. Duty

5.1.2. Breach of Duty

5.1.3. Proximate cause a.k.a. legal cause

5.1.4. Damages

5.2. Res Ipsa Loquitur

6. Defenses in Negligence Actions

Negligence (TRT05)

6.1. Contributory negligence standards & last clear chance

6.2. Comparative negligence/fault

6.3. Assumption of risk

6.4. Statutes of Limitations & repose

6.5. Family

6.6. Sovereign Immunity

6.7. Federal Tort Claims Act

7. Multiple Tortfeasors

7.1. Multiple Tortfeasors

8. Owners and Occupiers of Land

8.1. Outside premises

8.2. Trespassers

8.3. Licensees

8.4. Invitees

8.5. Landlord and tenant

9. Vicarious Liability

9.1. Application of the concept

9.1.1. Employer-Employee General Concepts

9.2. Other Categories (joint enterprise, family, vehicles)

10. Strict Liability

10.1. Animals

10.2. Ultra-hazardous & abnormally dangerous activities

11. Compensation Systems

11.5. Worker's Compensation

11.6. No-fault auto insurance

12. Products Liability

12.1. Liability for defectively designed products

12.2. Liability for defectively manufactured products

12.3. Warranty

13. Nuisance

13.1. Nuisance in general

13.2. Public & private

14. Damages

14.1. General concepts of damages

14.2. Compensatory damages

14.3. Damages to personal property

14.3.1. Fundamentals

14.3.2. Interests in physical integrity of personal property

14.3.3. Possessory interests

14.3.4. Use & enjoyment

14.4. Harms for personal injury & death

15. Extra Topics

15.1. Invasion of Privacy

15.1.1. General Overview

15.1.2. Detailed analysis of each claim for relief

15.1.3. Limitations on the right of privacy

15.2. Defamation

15.2.1. Basic law & issues

15.2.2. Libel and slander

15.2.3. Constiututional Limitations and defenses

15.3. Civil Rights Torts

15.4. Impact of insurance on tort litigation

15.5. Business Torts

15.5.1. Misrepresentation

15.5.2. Intentional interference with contractual relations

15.5.3. Interference with prospective advantage

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