Reading Assignments

You do not need to purchase a casebook for this class. You can request a hardcopy version of the reading assignments from the graphics department by filling out this form. You can also access the reading assignments digitally.

You can download a pdf of Reading Assignments 01 here.

You can download a pdf of Reading Assignments 02 here.

You can download a pdf of Reading Assignments 03 here.

You can download a pdf of Reading Assignments 04 here.

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Jan. 13, 2025

01 - Welcome!

pgs. 6-22

Jan. 15, 2025

02 - How to Read a Case

pgs. 23-42

Jan. 17, 2025

03 - Course Overview

pgs. 43-62

Jan. 20, 2025

No law school classes, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Jan. 22, 2025

04 - Compensatory Damages

pgs. 63-92

Jan. 24, 2025

05 - Punitive Damages

pgs. 93-116

Jan. 27, 2025

06 - Punitive Damages

pgs. 117-125

Jan. 29, 2025

07 - Reasonable Care

pgs. 126-143

Jan. 31, 2025

08 - Reasonable Care

pgs. 144-174

Feb. 3, 2025

09 - Roles of Judge & Jury

pgs. 175-184

Feb. 5, 2025

10 - Customs & Statutes

pgs. 185-197

Feb. 7, 2025

11 - Custom & Statutes

(Start of Reading Assignments 02)

pgs. 6-17

Feb. 10, 2025

12 - Economic Theory of Negligence

pgs. 18-32

Feb. 12, 2025

13 - Res Ipsa Loquitur

pgs. 33-45

Feb. 14, 2025

Class canceled due to illness.

Feb. 17, 2025

14 - Res Ipsa Loquitur

pgs. 46-56

Feb. 19, 2025

15 - No Duty to Rescue or Protect

pgs. 57-74

Feb. 21, 2025

16 - Duties to Third Parties

pgs. 75-90

Feb. 24, 2025

17 - Policy Bases for Invoking No Duty

pgs. 91-102

Feb. 26, 2025

18 - Duties of Landowners and Occupiers

pgs. 103-115

Feb. 28, 2025

Midterm Review

Mar. 3, 2025

Midterm Exam

Mar. 10, 2025

19 - Medical Malpractice

pgs. 116-135

Mar. 12, 2025

20 - Purely Emotional Harm

pgs. 136-156

Mar. 14, 2025

21 - Causation

(start of Reading Assignments 03)

pgs. 6-18

22 - Multiple Defendants

pgs. 19-28

Mar. 17, 2025

23 - Toxic Harms

pgs. 29-62

Mar. 19, 2025

24 - Proximate Cause

pgs. 63-67

25 - Unexpected Harm

pgs. 68-73

26 - Intervening Causes & Unexpected Victims

pgs. 74-87

Mar. 21, 2025

27 - Vicarious Liability

pgs. 88-105

Mar. 24, 2025

No class, due to professor’s conflict.

Mar. 26, 2025

No class, due to professor’s conflict.

Mar. 28, 2025

No class, due to professor’s conflict.

Mar. 31, 2025

No law school classes, in observance of Cesar Chavez Day.

Apr. 2, 2025

28 - Contributory Negligence and Comparative Negligence

pgs. 106-121

29 - Comparative Negligence

pgs. 122-141

Apr. 4, 2025

30 - Assumption of Risk

pgs. 142-163

Apr. 7, 2025

31 – Strict Liability: Traditional View

32 – Products liability: Manufacturing and Design Defects

(start of Reading Assignments 04)

pgs. 1-33

Apr. 9, 2025

33 – Products Liability: Warnings & Defenses

pgs. 34-51

Apr. 11, 2025

Review

Apr. 14, 2025

34 – Intentional Torts

pgs. 52-76

Apr. 16, 2025

35 – Intentional Torts

36 – Defenses

pgs. 77-95

pgs. 96-118

Apr. 18, 2025

No law school classes, in observance of Good Friday.

Apr. 21, 2025

37 – Insurance

pgs. 119-146

Apr. 22, 2025

38 – Workers Compensation

pgs. 147-183

Apr. 23, 2025

39 – No-Fault and Beyond

pgs. 184-229

Apr. 24, 2025

Makeup class

39 – No-Fault and Beyond

pgs. 230-271