Includes index

Contents: Intentional tort: Fundamental protections: the tort of battery -- The Action for assault: a tort ahead of its time -- Protecting the right of possession: trespass to land -- Dueling remedies: trespass to chattels and conversion -- False imprisonment: protection freedom of movement -- The Far side of the coin: classic defenses to intentional torts -- The Concept of negligence: That Odious character: the reasonable person -- Borrowing standards of care: violation of statue as negligence -- A phrase in Latin: Res Ipsa Loquitur -- The Causation enigma: Reconstructing History: determining ''cause in fact'' -- Risks reconsiderd: complex issues in establishing factual cause -- Drawing a line somewhere: proximate cause -- The Duty element: The Elusive element of duty: two principles in search of an exception -- Vicarious displeasure: claims for indirect infliction of emotional distress and loss of consortium -- Caveat actor: strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities -- Strict products liability: basic theories of recovery -- More products liability: common ''defenses'' to strict products liability claims -- Damages for personal injury: personal injury damages: the elements of compensation -- Compensating somebody: wronful death and survival actions -- Interlude: pleading a personal injury case: some legal anatomy: thinking like a tort lawyer -- Liability of multiple defendants: Joint and several liability: the classic rules -- Honor among thieves: basic principles of contribution -- Please pass the liability: respondeat superior and nondelegable duties -- The Effect of plaintiff's conduct: The Once and future defense: assumption of the risk -- Casting the second stone: comparative negligence -- The Fracturing of the common law: loss allocation in the comparative negligence era -- Taking a torts essay exam: The Pot at the end of the rainbow: analyzing torts issues on an essay exam -- Dandelions in the bluebook garden: six classic exam writing mistakes -- Practice makes perfect: examples and explanations.