Welcome to Torts!
Please find your seat according to the seating chart available at the front of the room.
Agenda
- Syllabus highlights
- What is a tort?
- Small group exercise: Litigating your first torts case
Syllabus highlights
Logistics
Contact information
Office: Burns 315
Telephone: 213-736-1148
Class schedule
Monday, 8:00am - 9:40am
Robinson Moot Courtroon
Wednesday, 10:10am - 11:50am
Robinson Moot Courtoom
Friday, 10:10am - 11:50am
Robinson Moot Courtroom
Open office hours
Tentative Schedule:
Wednesdays from 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Outside the Robinson Moot Courtroom
Reading Assignments
Class Policies
Attendance
Preparation and participation
No laptops or electronics
Recordings & Slides & Notes
Video
Audio with transcripts
Slides
Designated notetakers
Classroom Norms
Professionalism
Generosity
We can give each other the opportunity to be wrong.
We can disagree with ideas, not with people.
Accommodations
Contact Student Accessibility Services in the Office of Student Affairs.
I want this class to be accessible for you.
Exams and Grading
Midterm Exam: 25%
Final Exam: 75%
Questions about the syllabus
What is a tort?
And why do I have to take this class?
In-Class Exercise
The Questions
Why should this defendant be held liable or not held liable?
What remedy does the defendant owe Ms. Hammontree?
What would you like to know that wasn’t in the fact pattern? Why?
The Driver
Why should this defendant be held liable or not held liable?
What remedy does the defendant owe Ms. Hammontree?
What would you like to know that wasn’t in the fact pattern? Why?
The Doctor
Why should this defendant be held liable or not held liable?
What remedy does the defendant owe Ms. Hammontree?
What would you like to know that wasn’t in the fact pattern? Why?
The Car Manufacturer
Why should this defendant be held liable or not held liable?
What remedy does the defendant owe Ms. Hammontree?
What would you like to know that wasn’t in the fact pattern? Why?