Tort Law

Prepare for your future career with TORT LAW, Sixth Edition. Engaging and easy-to-read, this practical book helps you develop the principles of tort law you need for a successful career as a paralegal. The book provides cases, hypothetical situations, and internet references to help you build skills, apply concepts, and stay up-to-date on exciting developments in tort law. "Practice Pointers" and "Practical Ponderables" introduce you to such skills as drafting pleadings, preparing medical authorization requests, documenting damages, drafting jury instructions, and assembling trial exhibits.

1. Overview of Tort Law. 2. Overview of a Tort Case. 3. Intentional Torts. 4. Negligence: Duty. 5. Negligence: Breach of Duty. 6. Negligence: Causation. 7. Negligence: Damages. 8. Negligence: Defenses. 9. Malpractice. 10. Misrepresentation, Nuisance, and Other Torts. 11. Strict Liability. 12. Product Liability. 13. Defamation and Related Torts. 14. Vicarious Liability. 15. Joint Liability. 16. Tort Reform. 17. Automobile Insurance. 18. Bad Faith. 19. Workers' Compensation. Appendix A: Suggested Responses to Putting It into Practice" Exercises and Answers to Practice Exams. Appendix B: Interviewing. Appendix C: Overview of Insurance."