Torts-materials

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

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Factual Causation: Multiple Defendants — Causation Two parts: Two different tests for factual causation Causation Two parts:

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Toxic Harms and factual causation review — Toxic Harms Why is the tort system such a poor fit? Three frequent problems: Can’t be certain that the toxin was a “but for” cause Can’t be certain of the magnitude of the harm Can’t be certain who is responsible Mass Torts A procedural story in two parts: Amchem killed the mass tort class action

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Proximate Cause — But first… Exercise 3 You are an attorney at a plaintiff’s side firm in the state of Loyola. A labor activist, Ayla Ross, comes to visit you in your office.

autoscale: true slidenumbers: true Footer: Proximate Cause (cont’d.) — Proximate Cause (so far…) Unexpected Harm Benn v. Thomas Additional Harm Note Cases Intervening Cause Torres v. El Paso Electric Co.

theme: Colin autoscale: true slidenumbers: true header: #373737, alignment(left), line-height(150%), text-scale(1.0), ITC Galliard Pro Bold Footer: Defenses What products liability claims might Reuben the bear assert against the manufacturer of his pants?

theme: Colin autoscale: true slidenumbers: true header: #373737, alignment(left), line-height(150%), text-scale(1.0), ITC Galliard Pro Bold Footer: No-Fault and Beyond Ideology Does Tort Law Have an Ideology? Big Picture: Workers’ Comp vs.

Technical Questions about the Exam Will we be told in the jurisdictional rules whether we should use contributory or comparative negligence or what form of comparative negligence? Should we only focus on using the Second Restatement’s definition for strict liability?

Wassell v. Adams Wassell v. Adams Discussion Questions Given these facts, what would a just outcome in this case have been?

Assumption of Risk - Explicit - Implicit Two Common Issues Was the contract clear enough about releasing the defendant from liability? Will the court enforce contract? Tort Law Values Era Philosophy Primary Goal Concern Classical Corrective