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- Tort Law: A 21st-Century Approach, Professor Zahr K. Said
- Torts and Regulation: Cases, Principles, and Institutions, Professor John Fabian Witt
- Torts: Cases, Principles, and Institutions, Professors John Fabian Witt and Karen Tani
- Torts: Cases and Contexts Volume 1, Professor Eric E. Johnson
- Torts: Cases and Contexts Volume 2, Professor Eric E. Johnson
Introduction/ Overview
- How to Prepare for the Study of Torts Law Podcast (TRT48P)
- Advice to a 1L From a Law Professor Podcast (LCS05P)
- History, tradition, roles, common law background, general overview
- Role of Juries
  - The Role of the Jury in Torts Cases (TRT25)
- Overview and Introduction to Intentional and Negligent Torts (also covered in depth in sections below)
Intentional Torts Against the Person
- "Intent" defined
  - Intent One: The Use of Intent in Tort (TRT01)
- Battery
  - Battery Basics (TRT10)
  - Battery Puzzlers (TRT12)
- Assault
  - Assault (TRT18)
- Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED)
  - Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress (TRT27)
- False imprisonment
  - False Imprisonment (TRT28)
- Fundamental Concepts of Damages
Defenses to Intentional Torts
- Consent
  - Capacity to Consent (medical care, athletic events, acts beyond consent)
- Consent as Defense
  - Consent as a Defense to Intentional Torts (TRT39)
Intentional Torts Against Property
- Trespass to Land
  - Damages for Harms to Real Property (TRT15)
  - General
  - Defenses
  - Contrasted to Nuisance
- Trespass to chattels
  - Trespass to Chattels (TRT47)
  - General
  - Damages measured
  - Defenses
- Conversion
  - Conversion (TRT46)
  - General
  - Remedies
  - Defenses
Negligence
- Elements of negligence
  - Duty
    - Palsgraf v. Long Island RR Co. Podcast (TRT05P)
    - Basic Duty Concepts
    - Misfeasance and nonfeasance
      - Duty to warn
    - Effect of contract
    - Mental suffering
    - Unborn children, wrongful life, wrongful birth, survival actions
    - Obligation to control the conduct of others
      - Duty to warn
    - Purely economic loss
  - Breach of Duty
    - Standards of Care
      - Reasonable Person
        
        Reasonable Person (TRT06)
      - Children and Others
        
        Children and Others of Diminished Capacity (TRT09)
      - Professionals
        
        General Professional Standard (TRT13)
      - Emergency doctrine
    - Proof of Breach of Duty
    - Civil and criminal statutes
      - Civil and Criminal Statutes (TRT16)
    - Medical Malpractice
  - Proximate cause a.k.a. legal cause
    - Causation in fact
      - Causation in Fact (TRT11)
    - Proof causation
      - Proof of Causation in Fact (TRT17)
    - Proximate cause
    - Foreseeability
    - Intervening cause
      - Intervening Cause (TRT42)
  - Damages
    - Actual damages
- Res Ipsa Loquitur
  - Res Ipsa Loquitur (TRT32)
Defenses in Negligence Actions
- Contributory negligence standards & last clear chance
  - Contributory Negligence and Last Clear Chance (TRT38)
- Comparative negligence/fault
  - Comparative Fault (TRT07)
- Assumption of risk
  - Assumption of Risk (TRT40)
- Statutes of Limitations & repose
- Family
- Sovereign Immunity
- Federal Tort Claims Act
Multiple Tortfeasors
- Multiple Tortfeasors
  - Multiple Defendants (TRT34)
Owners and Occupiers of Land
- Outside premises
- Trespassers
  - Trespass (Intentional Torts) Crossword Puzzle
  - Occupiers' Liability to Trespassers (TRT14)
- Licensees
  - Occupier's Liability to Invitees and Licensees (TRT31)
- Invitees
  - Occupier's Liability to Invitees and Licensees (TRT31)
- Landlord and tenant
Vicarious Liability
- Application of the concept
  - Employer-Employee General Concepts
- Other Categories (joint enterprise, family, vehicles)
Strict Liability
- Strict Liability Crossword Puzzle
- Animals
  - Strict Liability and Animals (TRT37)
  - Strict Liability Podcast (TRT36P)
- Ultra-hazardous & abnormally dangerous activities
  - Strict Liability: Abnormally Dangerous and Ultrahazardous Activities (TRT36)
  - Strict Liability Podcast (TRT36P)
Compensation Systems
- Worker's Compensation
- No-fault auto insurance
Products Liability
- Liability for defectively designed products
  - Liability for Defectively Designed Products (TRT29)
- Liability for defectively manufactured products
  - Liability for Defectively Manufactured Products (TRT35)
- Warranty
Nuisance
- Nuisance in general
- Public & private
Damages
- General concepts of damages
  - General Concepts of Damages in Torts (TRT08)
- Compensatory damages
  - Damages for Harms to Real Property (TRT15)
- Damages to personal property
  - Fundamentals
    - Fundamentals of Damages for Harms to Personal Property (TRT20)
  - Interests in physical integrity of personal property
    - Damages for Harms to Interests in Physical Integrity of Personal Property (TRT23)
  - Possessory interests
    - Damages for Harms to Possessory Interests in Personal Property (TRT21)
  - Use & enjoyment
    - Damages for Harms to Interest in Use and Enjoyment (TRT22)
- Harms for personal injury & death
  - Damages for Personal Injuries (TRT41)
  - Damages for Injuries That Cause Death (TRT43)
Extra Topics
- Invasion of Privacy
  - General Overview
    - Basic Issues in the Right of Privacy (TRT26)
  - Detailed analysis of each claim for relief
    - Intrusion
    - Public Disclosure
    - False light
    - Commercial appropriation
  - Limitations on the right of privacy
    - Constitutional limits
      - Constitutional Issues in the Right of Privacy (TRT24)
    - General Defenses
- Defamation
  - Basic law & issues
    - Basic Issues in Defamation and Privileges (TRT19)
  - Libel and slander
    - Libel and Slander (TRT30)
  - Constitutional Limitations and defenses
    - Constitutional Issues in Defamation (TRT33)
- Civil Rights Torts
- Impact of insurance on tort litigation
- Business Torts
  - Misrepresentation
  - Intentional interference with contractual relations
    - Tortious Interference Podcast (TRT49P)
  - Interference with prospective advantage