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LAW015D (4 cr.)

Torts – Fenton Course Schedule -- Fall 2020

D1: 10:10-11:50 (T, TH) D2: 2:00-3:40 (T, TH)

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Tuesdays: in-class Thursdays: Zoom session

INTENTIONAL TORTS Week 1 (August 18, 20)

BATTERY

cb.* 3-12 (end of case text); 28-32 [Vosburg v. Putney; Dougherty v. Stepp; McGuire v. Almy] Hypothetical #1

ASSAULT

cb. 55-59 [I. de S. and Wife v. W. de S., Tuberville v. Savage; W. Blackstone, Commentaries]. Hypothetical #2 Handouts, pp. 2-8 [Zaslow v. Kroenert; Russel-Vaughn Ford, Inc. v. Rouse; Restatement (2d) Torts § 222A; Southern Counties v. RKO]. Hypothetical #3

Week 2 (August 25, 27)

FALSE IMPR cb. 60-63 (thru note 1) [Bird v. Jones; Coblyn v. Kennedy’s Inc.] IIED

cb. 65-71 (thru note 2) [Wilkinson v. Downton] Handout, pp. 9-10 [Wallace v. Shoreham Hotel Corp.] Hypothetical #4

DEFENSES TO INTENTIONAL TORTS CONSENT cb. 15-29 [Mohr v. Williams; Hudson v. Craft]. Hypothetical #5 SELF DFNS cb. 33-37 [Courvoisier v. Raymond]

*“cb.” refers to Cases and Materials on Torts (10th ed.) by Richard A. Epstein and Catherine M. Sharkey.

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Week 3 (September 1, 3)

DFNS/PRPT cb. 37-44 [Bird v. Holbrook] Hypothetical #6 NECESSITY cb. 44-55 [Ploof v. Putnam; Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co.; Judith Jarvis Thompson, The Trolley Problem] Hypothetical #7 NEGLIGENCE RSBL PRSN cb. 143-158 (thru note2);159-166 [Vaughan v. Menlove; Holmes, The Common Law; Roberts v. Ring; Daniels v. Evans; Breunig v. American Family Insurance Co.; Fletcher v. City of Aberdeen; Denver & Rio Grande R.R. v. Peterson] Hypothetical #8

Mon., Sept. 7 Week 4 (September 8, 10)

Week 5 (September 15, 17)

LABOR DAY

CALC. RISK cb. 167-188 [Blyth v. Birmingham Water Works; Eckert v. Long Island R.R.; Terry, Negligence; Seavey, Negligence -Subjective or Objective?; Osborne v. Montgomery; Cooley v Public Service Co.; United States v. Carroll Towing Co.; Andrews v United Airlines] Hypothetical #9 CUSTOM

cb. 188-213 [Titus v. Bradford; Mayhew v. Sullivan Mining Co.; The T.J. Hooper; Lama v. Borras; Murray v. UNMC Physicians]. Hypotheticals #10, 11

STATUTES

cb. 226-244 [Anon; Thayer, Public Wrong and Private Action; Osborne v McMasters; Martin v. Herzog; Uhr v. East Greenbush Central] Hypothetical #12 cb. 244-249 [Judge and Jury].

RES IPSA

cb. 258-273 (skip note 2) [Byrne v. Boadle; Colmenares Vivas v. Sun Alliance Insurance Co.] Handout, pp. 11-14 [Benedict v. Eppley Hotel Co.] cb. 273-280 [Ybarra v. Spangard] Hypothetical #13 2

Week 6 (September 22, 24)

CAUSATION

Week 7 (September 29, October 1)

Week 8 (October 6, 8)

64-479 [Mitchell v. Rochester Railway; Dillon v. Legg] Hypothetical #14 cb. 649-666 [Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United States; Saleem v. Corporate Transportation Group, Ltd.] cb. 285-307 [Butterfield v. Forrester; Beems v Chicago; Schwartz, Tort Law and The Economy; Gyerman v. United States Lines Co.; Leroy Fibre Co.; Derheim v. Fiorito Co.] cb. 315-328 [Lamson v. American Axe & Tool Co.; Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co.]

cb. 334-352 [Lombard Laws; Beach, Contributory Negligence; Prosser, Comparative Negligence; Li v. Yellow Cab Co. of California] AFFIRMATIVE DUTIES DUTY/RESC cb. 481-500 [Luke 10:30-37; Buch v. Amory Mfct. Co.; Hurley v. Eddingfield; Bohlen; Ames; Epstein; Posner;

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Bender; emergency care statutes; Montgomery v. National Convoy & Trucking Co.] GRT UNDTK cb. 519-532 [Coggs v. Bernard; Erie R.R. v. Stewart; Marsalis v. Lasalle; Moch v Rensselaer] Week 10 (October 20, 22)

OWN/OCC.

cb. 501-519 [Robert Addie & Sons v. Dumbreck; Rowland v. Christian]; Handout pp 15 (chart)

SPEC. REL. cb. 533-552 [Restatement (2d) Torts § 315; Kline v 1500 Mass Ave.; Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California; Restatement (3d) Torts §41]. Week 11 (October 27, 29)

STRICT LIABILITY A CHOICE cb. 101-113 [Fletcher v. Rylands (1865); Fletcher v. Rylands (1866); Rylands v. Fletcher (1868)] Handout, pp. 16-19 [Prosser and Keeton on Torts] ANIMALS cb. 576-585 [Gehrts. v. Batteen] ULTR-HZRD cb. 585-595 [Spano v. Perrini Corp; Restatements] Handout, pp. 23-29 [Siegler v. Kuhlman] cb. 595-603 [Indiana Harbor Belt R.R v. American Cyanamid Co.] Hypothetical #15

Week 12 (November 3, 5)

PRODUCTS LIABILITY cb. 667-671; 693-699 [Restatement (2d) Torts §402A; Restatement (3d) Products Liability, §1]. MFCT DFCT cb. 713-718 [Restatement(3d) Products Liability, § 3; Speller v. Sears] DSGN DFCT cb. 718-741 [Campo v Scofield; Harper and James; Wade; Volkswagen v. Young; Barker v. Lull Engineering] Hypothetical #16

Week 13 (November 10, 12)

WRN DFCT cb. 741-765 [MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.; Vassallo v. Baxter Healthcare; Hood v. Ryobi; Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries]

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PROPER C/A cb. 699-713 [Casa Clara; Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc.]

PLTF CNDCT cb. 765-773 [Daly v. General Motors Corp.] Hypothetical #17 Handout, pp. 30-34 [Anderson v Somberg]. November 17 Last class day

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