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050 00 $aKF1257$b.S73 2000
100 1 $aStatsky, William P.
245 10 $aTorts, personal injury litigation /$cWilliam P. Statsky.
250 $a4th ed.
260 $aAlbany :$bWest Legal Studies/Thomson Learning,$c2001.
300 $a737p.;$c29 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aElements of All the Torts -- Categories of Torts -- Introduction to Causation -- The Relationship Between Tort Law and Other Areas of the Law -- Sources of Tort Law -- Legal Analysis in Tort Law -- Structure of Legal Analysis -- Issue -- Rule -- Application -- Tort Litigation and Paralegal Roles -- Liability, Damages, and Collectibility -- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) -- Introduction to Fact Gathering -- Achieving Specificity and Comprehensiveness -- Taking a Witness Statement -- Tort Complaints -- Discovery -- Trial and Appeal -- Enforcement -- Foreseeability in Tort Law -- Defining Foreseeability -- Foreseeability Spectrum -- Objective Standard -- Phrasing the Foreseeability Question -- Foreseeability Determination "Formula" -- Review of Steps to Determine Foreseeability -- Battery -- Act -- Person -- Intent -- Harmful or Offensive Contact -- Consent and Privilege -- Assault -- Act -- Apprehension -- Harmful or Offensive -- Transferred Intent -- Assault and Civil Rights -- False Imprisonment and False Arrest -- False Imprisonment -- False Arrest -- Misuse of Legal Process -- Malicious Prosecution -- Wrongful or Unjustified Civil Proceedings -- Abuse of Process -- Infliction of Emotional Distress -- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress -- Tort Law and the Impeachment of the President -- Media Defendants and the Constitution -- Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress -- Conversion and Trespass to Chattels -- Damages -- Kind of Interference -- Mistake Defense -- Strict Liability -- Animals -- Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Conditions or Activities -- Negligence: A Summary -- Negligence and Breach of Duty -- Negligence and Insurance -- Shorthand Definition -- Negligence Checklist -- Negligence: Element I: Duty -- General Rule on Duty -- Unforeseeable Plaintiff -- Nonfeasance and Special Relationships -- Gratuitous Undertaking -- Protection for the Good Samaritan -- Negligence: Element II: Breach of Duty (Unreasonableness) -- Standard of Care: Reasonableness -- Breach-of-Duty (Unreasonableness) Equation -- Objective or Subjective Standard? -- Res Ipsa Loquitur -- Custom and Usage -- Violation of a Statute -- Compliance with a Statute -- Gross Negligence (Unreasonableness) and Wilful, Wanton, and Reckless Conduct -- Vicarious Liability -- Negligence: Element III: Proximate Cause -- Cause in Fact -- Cut-Off Test of Proximate Cause -- Overview of Steps Needed to Analyze Proximate Cause -- Negligence: Element IV: Damages -- Kinds of Damages -- Present Value -- Pain and Suffering -- Software -- Property Damage -- Doctrine of Avoidable Consequences -- Collateral Source Rule -- Joint Tortfeasors -- Release -- Contribution -- Indemnity -- Negligence: Defenses -- Contributory Negligence -- Last Clear Chance -- Comparative Negligence -- Assumption of the Risk -- Medical Malpractice and Legal Malpractice -- Medical Malpractice -- Legal Malpractice -- Products Liability -- Products Liability in the Media -- Categories of Defects -- Negligence -- Misrepresentation -- Warranty and Strict Liability -- Express Warranty -- Sale versus Service -- Implied Warranties -- Strict Liability in Tort -- Reform -- Paralegal Roles -- Mass Tort Litigation -- Solicitation of Clients -- Class Actions -- Junk Science and Causation -- Asbestos -- Breast Implants -- Tobacco -- Paralegal Roles in Mass Tort Litigation -- Survival and Wrongful Death -- Survival of Torts Unrelated to Death -- Wrongful Death -- Avoiding Double Recovery -- Torts Against and Within the Family -- Torts Derived from Other Torts -- Torts Not Derived from Other Torts -- Prenatal Injuries -- Wrongful Life, Birth, Pregnancy -- Wrongful Adoption -- Intrafamily Tort Immunity -- Torts Connected with Land -- Trespass to Land -- Nuisance -- Traditional Negligence Liability -- Defamation -- Defamatory Statement -- Extrinsic Facts -- Falsity of the Statement -- Of and Concerning the Plaintiff -- Publication -- Republication -- Cyberspace Defamation -- Damages -- Privilege -- Slapp Suits -- "Veggie Libel" -- Invasion of Privacy -- Four Torts -- Intrusion -- Appropriation -- Public Disclosure of Private Fact -- False Light -- Media Defendants -- Misrepresentation, Tortious Interference, and Other Torts -- Misrepresentation -- Interference with Contract Relations -- Interference with Prospective Advantage -- Tortious Interference with Employment (Wrongful Discharge) -- Disparagement -- Injurious Falsehood -- Prima Facie Tort -- Bad Faith Liability -- Dram Shop Liability -- Additional Tort Defenses -- Consent in tort Law -- Self-Help Privileges -- Sovereign Immunity -- Official Immunity: The Personal Liability of Government Employees -- Charitable Immunity -- Intrafamily Tort Immunity -- Workers' Compensation -- On-the-Job Injuries at Common Law -- Workers' Compensation Statutes -- Injuries and Diseases Covered -- Filing a Claim -- Benefits Available -- Tort Claims Against Third Parties -- Reform -- Settlement -- Paralegal Roles During Settlement -- Settlement Precis -- Settlement Brochure -- Basic Medical Anatomy -- Survey of Negligence Law in the United States -- Automobile Accident and Investigation Checklist -- Sample Accident Report Filed with Police Department -- Resources: State Agencies Relevant to a Torts Practice -- Verdicts and Settlements -- Automobile Insurance -- Legal Nurse -- Disabling Injuries and Death: Some Statistics -- "Do You Seldomly Swear ..?".
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650 0 $aTorts$zUnited States.
650 0 $aActions and defenses$zUnited States.
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