Torts-materials

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: No Duty to Rescue or Protect Practice Exam Question Two Steps to Writing an Exam Answer Take thorough notes, exploring the problem from all angles.

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Duty to Act exercise reasonable care A duty to exercise reasonable care Elements of a Tort Claim Elements of a Tort Claim Duty Breach Causation Harm General Rule for Duty: IF your actions create a risk of physical harm

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Policy Bases for No Duty Elements of a Tort Claim Elements of a Tort Claim Duty Breach Causation Harm Elements of a Tort Claim Duty Breach Causation Factual Cause Proximate Cause Harm Strauss v.

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Duties of Landowners & Occupiers How do we reconcile the tort of negligence with the concept of negligence?

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Duties of Governmental Entities Preparing for the Midterm Today’s Agenda Exam Logistics & Studying Advice In-Class Exercise: Practice Exam Question Exam Logistics & Studying Advice Exam Format What is a good exam question?

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Duty for Purely Emotional Harm Assignment Report Back: [fit]Did you do something kind and restorative for yourself? Duties of Governmental Entities Duty for Purely Emotional Harm Falzone v.

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: — Midterm Review — How I would approach a question for this class — How to perform well on an essay question in this class —

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Comparative negligence / fault / responsibility Technical Questions about the Exam Will we be told in the jurisdictional rule which form of Comparative Negligence we should be using? Yes. Should we memorize the exceptions to where the government rule of no tort duty to provide police protection would apply?

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Welcome to the Spring Semester! — Midterm Review Semester Overview Negligence — Causation —— Factual Causation —— Proximate Cause — Defenses —— Contributory & Comparative Negligence —— Assumption of Risk