Cases and Rules for Torts - UChicago BLSA - University of Chicago

|REMEMBER TO ALWAYS |INTENTIONAL TORTS (harm | |WITH CAUSATION |
|MENTION |substantially certain) | |ANALYSIS, |
|PLAIN OLD |offense against|offense |TURN OVER EVERY LEAF!!!|
|NEGLIGENCE!!! | |against | |
|1 | | |1 |possession |1 |ownership |2 | |
| | | | | |intentional entry/substantial certainty Conversion requires |
| | | | | |attempt by 3rd party to claim ownership |
|conversion: converting|DEFENSES TO INTENTIONAL TORTS|trespass to chattels: |
|real P into personal P| |vandalism (lesser |
|/ treating someone | |offense) no intent to |
|else's P as your own | |harm/claim owner req'd|
| | | | | | | |no changing | |
| | | | | | | |locks, breach | |
|3 | | |5| | |5 | | |6 |
| | |STRICT LIABILITY VS. NEGLIGENCE: HISTORY / | |READ |
| | |ANALYTICAL IMPORTANCE | |CAREFULLY|
| | | | |!!! |
| | | |escape of | | | | | | |
| | | |dangerous | | | | | | |
| | | |substance | | | | | | |
|parents not |is (1) intention |(Bramwell right to be free of foreign|
|vicariously |unlawful (2) ( at |water (Blackburn likelihood of |
|liable, but |fault |mischief |
|special duty? | | |
|negl.? | | |
| | | | |THE CONCEPT OF NEGLIGENCE |if it escapes (Cairns |
| | | | | |natural vs. unnatural |
|adults, elderly, children, disabled,|Osborne: 1) purpose of statute 2) |
|mentally ill Batman (foreseeable) |protected class 3) w/in type of |
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|boundary | | | | | | |exclusive control (3) no ( | |
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|platform | | | |rink | | |
|collapse no | | | | | | |
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|each still 100% liable | | | | | | | | |doing dangerous work |
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|42 | |Osborne (poison, p. 21); |Bendectin, exposure?, |concert of |
| | |pharmacy overdose |weird mice studies |action |
| | | | |41/42(Sykes)|
|jumping to | |PROXIMATE CAUSE AND THE SCOPE OF DUTY | | | |
|avoid accident| | | | | |
| |Cardozo: danger invites| |3 theories (1) directness (2) |
| |rescue | |foreseeability (3) harm w/in risk |
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| | | |ATTRACTIVE | |SPECIAL DUTIES OF | RR |harm w/in risk: |
| | | |NUISANCE? | |CARE | |negl. foreseeable |
| | | | | | | |Ds w/in |
| | | | | | | |foreseeable type |
| | | | | | | |not degree |
| |Important anytime |on someone |implied |watchm| |
| |someone is hurt |else's P |licensee? |an | |
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| | | | | |(1) invitee (2) | | |increased harm or |psych. |
| | | | | |licensee (3) | | |reliance |Tarasoff; disk|
| | | | | |trespasser | | | |jockey; |
| | | | | | | | | |college, |
| | | | | | | | | |business, |
| | | | | | | | | |landlord |
|Note: DO NOT apply |POCKETS OF STRICT | | | | | |
|comparative negligence |LIABILITY | | | | | |
|analysis to strict | | | | | | |
|liability!!! | | | | | | |
| |assumption |harm w/in risk, mink Cyanamid |
| |of risk |Ds, lessor or lessee? |
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| | | | | | | | |requires actual Ds (can be caused |exception to |
| | | | | | | | |by 3d parties, thieves) |eggshell skull rule|
|Design |PRODUCTS LIABILITY (see also | |usually any |
|defects/warnings |causation) | |substantial harm |
|negl. analysis (some | | | |
|juris. allow | | | |
|comparative negl.) | | | |
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|Restatements §402A | |Manufacturing and | |Inadequate Warnings |
|consumer | |Design Defects, e.g. | |(birth control & |
|contemplation; 3d | |used, second | |vaccines, sufficiency |
|Rest. negl. analysis | |collision, obvious | |of warnings) |
| | |danger | | |
|Casa Clara - no Ds |fan in car, VW seat, | | | |baby oil, do |
|for pure econ. |bulletproof vest, printing | | | |not breathe |
|losses, e.g. D to |press | | | | |
|product itself (salty| | | | | |
|concrete) - only for | | | | | |
|D to other P/injury | | | | | |
| | | | |DAMAGES | |DUTY TO | |BE SPECIFIC IN|
| | | | | | |MITIGATE | | |
| | | | | | | | |DISCUSSING |
| | | | | | | | |Ds!!! |
| |also % | | | | | | | |
| |likelihood not| | | | | | | |
| |working