侵权法(英文教材)电子书

前言

Chapter Ⅰ INTRODUCTION

Unintentional Harm

Hammontree v.Jenner

Supplemental Reading

I.Ashtray Falling from Above

II.Definition of Tort Law (Selected)

III.For Every Wrong There is a Remedy ...Or is There?

Chapter Ⅱ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅰ)

Standard of Care

Probability,Burden and Liability

United States v.Carroll Towing Co.

Negligence

Davison v.Snohomish County

Effect of Statute

Martin v.Herzog

Standard of Care and Unreasonable Risk

Adams v.Bullock

Aggravated Negligence

Chapter Ⅲ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅱ)

Proof of Negligence

Byrne v.Boadle

Larson v.St.Francis Hotel

Multiple Defendants

Ybarra v.Spangard

Chapter Ⅳ CAUSATION

Cause in Fact

Perkins v.Texas and New Orleans Ry.Co.

Summers v.Tice

Sindell v.Abbott Laboratories

Chapter Ⅴ UNFORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES

Unexpected Result

In re an Arbitration Between Polemisand Another And Furness,Withy Co.,Ltd.

Unexpected Victim

Palsgraf v.Long Island Railroad Co.

Proximate Cause

Petition of Kinsman Transit Co.

Intervening Causes

Derdiarian v.Felix Contracting Corp.

Secondary Accidents

McCoy v.American Suzuki Motor Corp.

Chapter Ⅵ DEFENSES (Ⅰ)

Plaintiff’s Conduct: Contributory & Comparative Negligence

Contributory Negligence

Butterfield v.Forrester

Comparative Negligence

Daly v.General Motors Corporation

Assumption of Risk

Winterstein v.Wilcom

Assumption of Implied Risk

Rush v.Commercial Realty Co.

Chapter Ⅶ DEFENSES (Ⅱ)

Statutory Bars

Statute of Limitations and Repose

Teeters v.Currey

Tort Liability of Municipalities

Riss v.City of New York

Immunity

DeLong v.Erie County

Chapter Ⅷ REMEDIES

Compensatory & Punitive Damages

Damages For Physical Harm

Allocation Among Tortfeasors

Personal Injury Remedies

Anderson v.Sears,Roebuck & Co.

Richardson v.Chapman

“Grossly Excessive” Punitive Damages

BMW of North America,Inc.v.Gore

Intentional Trespass

Jacque v.Steenberg Homes,Inc.

Chapter Ⅸ MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

Doctor/Patient Relationship

Moore v.Regents of University of California

Helling v.Carey

Henning v.Thomas

Chapter Ⅹ PRODUCT LIABILITY & STRICT LIABILITY

Product Liability

MacPherson v.Buick Motor Co.

Strict Liability

Greenman v.Yuba Power Products,Inc.

Abnormally Dangerous Activity

Rylands v.Fletcher

Indiana Harbor Belt R.R.Co.v.American Cyanamid Co.

Manufacturing Defect

Rix v.General Motors Corp.

Design Defect

O’Brien v.Muskin Corp.

Chapter Ⅺ INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF MENTAL DISTRESS

State Rubbish Collectors Ass’n v.Siliznoff

Emotional Distress

Womack v.Eldridge

First Amendment Over Parody

Hustler Magazine,Inc.v.Falwell

Adventures of Larry Flynt

Chapter Ⅻ DEFAMATION

Defamation

Defamation and Freedom of Speech

New York Times Co.v.Sullivan

Private Individuals

Gertz v.Robert Welch,Inc.

Commercial Speech

Dun & Bradstreet,Inc.v.Greenmoss Builders

Chapter ⅫⅠ PRIVACY & PUBLICITY

Privacy

Flake v.Greensboro News Co.

Celebrity and Paparazzi

Galella v.Onassis

Gallela and Paparazzi

Right of Publicity

Carson v.Here’s Johnny Portable Toilets,Inc.

Bi-Rite Enters.,Inc.v.Button Master

Chapter ⅩⅣ ECONOMIC INJURIES (Ⅰ)

Misrepresentation

Concealment and Nondisclosure

Swinton v.Whitinsville Savings Bank

International Products Co.v.Erie R.R.Co.

Misrepresentation to Third Persons

Credit Alliance Corporation v.Arthur Andersen & Co.

Chapter ⅩⅤ ECONOMIC INJURIES (Ⅱ)

Tortious Interference With Advantageous Relations

Lumley v.Gye

Testing Systems,Inc.v.Magnaflux Corp.

Della Penna v.Toyota Motor Sales,U.S.A.,Inc.

Family Relations

Nash v.Baker