Law 12 - Torts - San Fernando High School - Weds/Fri. 8:00 - 8:50 am - Section #7814
Prof Manny Rose - Read Dear Online Student - Study Guide and Welcome Message
All of the work below is done under etudes
Grade Distribution
Quizzes = 40% of your grade
Assignments = 40% of your grade
Team Presentations - 20%
A = 90%
B = 80%
C = 70%
D = 60%
A grade of C or greater is required to pass the class
Week 1 - Due 2/14/16
- Read the syllabus for the class.
- Torts Summary (pdf) (e-textbook)
- Read Dear Online Student
- Read torts-resources
- Post your Introduction
- Read Law Study
- Read Legal Argumentation
- Read Learning Ethics
- Read Strategies against Procrastination
- Read Reading Law Cases-Codes
Week 2 - Due 2/21/16
- read Overview of Tort Law
- #2 Joist v. Mason case
- #3 Three (3) Broad Categories of Torts
- Test A - Letter of Representation
- forum discussion
Week 3 - Due 2/28/16
- read Overview of Torts
- #4 Ashcraft case
- Test #B - Barris case analysis
- forum discussion
Week 4 - Due 3/6/16
- Read Intentional Torts
- #5 PI Complaint - under "assignments" - listen to podcast
- #6 Tort Problems - under "assignments" - listen to podcast
- Test #C - Kahn case - under "tests" - listen to podcast
- forum discussion
Week 5 - Due 3/13/16
- read Intentional Torts
- #7 - Defamation Cases
- #8 - Madge v. Strident case
- Test #D - Intentional Torts quiz
- forum discussion
Week 6 - Due 3/20/16
- Read Negligence and Duty
- #9 - Negligence and Duty - Rowland case - listen to podcast -
- Test #E - Negligence Torts problems - listen to podcast
- Test #F - Measuring Negligence - listen to podcast
- forum discussion
Week 7 - Due 3/27/16
- read Duty
- #10 - Attractive Nuisance
- Test #G Dillon and Chen cases
- Test #H Palsgraph case
- forum discussion
Week 8 - Due 4/3/16
- Read Causation
- #11 Cahoon v. Cummons
- Test #I - Bailor and Salvation Army
- forum discussion
- Spring Break 4/7 - 4/11
Week 9 - Due 4/17/16
- Read Defenses to Negligence
- #12 - Defenses to Negligence Hypotheticals
- #13 - Damages - Colson case
- Test #J - State Farm v. Campbell
- forum discussion
Week 10 - Due 4/24/16
- Read Damages and Strict Liability
- #14 Strict Liability Hypotheticals
- Test #K - Bowers v. Wurzburg
- forum discussion
Week 11 - Due 5/1/16
- Read Product Liability
- #15 Discuss Product Liability Hypotheticals
- Test #L - Merrill v. Navegar
- forum discussion
Week 12 - Due5/8/16
- Read Defamation
- #16 Tort Teasers - Defamation
- forum discussion
Week 13 - Due 5/15/16
- Read Vicarious Liability
- #17 Tort Teasers - Vicarious Liability
- #18 - Bad Faith Case
- forum discussion
Week 14 - Due 5/22/16
- read Insurance and Bad Faith
- #19 - Federal Preemption case
- Test #M - Comparative Bad Faith as an Affirmative defense - Kransco case
- forum discussion
Week 15 - Due 5/29/16
- read Invasion of Privacy
- #20 - Invasion of Privacy
- forum discussion
Week 16 - Due 6/5/16
- read Abuse of Process
- #21 - Abuse of Process
- forum discussion
- updated: 1/28/16