Chapter Ⅰ INTRODUCTION
Unintentional Harm
Hammontree v. Jenner
Supplemental Reading
Ⅰ. Ashtray Falling from Above
Ⅱ. Definition of Tort Law (Selected)
Ⅲ. For Every Wrong There is a Remedy ... Or is There
Chapter Ⅱ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅰ)
Standard of Care
Probability, Burden and Liability
United States v. Carroll Towing Co.
Negligence
Davison v. Snohomish County
Effect of Statute
Martin v. Herzog
Standard of Care and Unreasonable Risk
Adams v. Bullock
Aggravated Negligence
Chapter Ⅲ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅱ)
Proof of Negligence
Byrne v. Boadle
Larson v. St. Francis Hotel
Multiple Defendants
Ybarra v. Spangard
Chapter Ⅳ CAUSATION
Cause in Fact
Perkins v. Texas and New Orleans Ry. Co.
Summers v. Tice
Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories
Chapter Ⅴ UNFORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES
Unexpected Result
In re an Arbitration Between Polemisand AnotherAnd Furness,
Withy Co., Ltd.
Unexpected Victim
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
Proximate Cause
Petition of Kinsman Transit Co.
Intervening Causes
Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp.
Secondary Accidents
McCoy v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.
Chapter Ⅵ DEFENSES (Ⅰ)
Plaintiff’s Conduct: Contributory & Comparative Negligence
Contributory Negligence
Butterfield v. Forrester
Comparative Negligence
Daly v. General Motors Corporation
Assumption of Risk
Winterstein v. Wilcom
Assumption of Implied Risk