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Week 0 - Orientation 

Law 12 - Torts - Section #7815
San Fernando High School - Weds/Friday 8 - 8:40 am

  Prof  Manny Rose  

All of the work below is done under Canvas 

Grade Distribution

Tests = 40% of your grade

Assignments = 40% of your grade

Lexis Assignments - 10% of points 
Class Discussions - 10% of points 

A = 90%

B = 80%

C = 70%

D = 60% 

A grade of C or greater is required to pass the class

Week 1 - Due 9/4/16

• Read the syllabus for the class. 
• Torts Summary (pdf) (e-textbook)
• 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  9/11/16

• read Overview of Tort Law
• #1 Recent Torts case  
• #2 Joist v. Mason case
• #3 Three (3) Broad Categories of Torts
• Test A - Letter of Representation  
  

Week 3 - Due 9/18/16

• read Overview of Torts 
• #4 Ashcraft case
• Test #B - Barris case analysis 
  

Week 4 - Due 9/25/16

• 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 
  

Week 5 - Due 10/2/16

• read Intentional Torts  
• #7 - Defamation Cases
• #8 - Madge v. Strident case
• Test #D - Intentional Torts quiz 
  

Week 6 - Due  10/9/16

• 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 
  

Week 7 - Due  10/16/16

• read Duty 
• #10 - Attractive Nuisance
• Test #G Dillon and Chen cases
• Test #H Palsgraph case 
  

Week 8 - Due 10/23/16

• Read Causation
• #11 Cahoon v. Cummons
• Test #I - Bailor and Salvation Army 

 Week 9 - Due 10/30/16

• Read Defenses to Negligence
• #12 - Defenses to Negligence Hypotheticals
• #13 - Damages - Colson case
• Test #J - State Farm v. Campbell 
  

Week 10 - Due  11/6/16

• Read Damages and Strict Liability
• #14 Strict Liability Hypotheticals
• Test #K - Bowers v. Wurzburg  
  

Week 11 - Due  11/13/16

• Read Product Liability
• #15 Discuss Product Liability Hypotheticals
• Test #L - Merrill v. Navegar 
  

Week 12 - Due 11/20/16

• Read Defamation
• #16 Tort Teasers - Defamation 
  

Week 13 - Due 11/27/16

• Read Vicarious Liability
• #17 Tort Teasers - Vicarious Liability
• #18 - Bad Faith Case 
  

Week 14 - Due  12/4/16

• read Insurance and Bad Faith
• #19 - Federal Preemption case
• Test #M - Comparative Bad Faith as an Affirmative defense - Kransco case 
  

Week 15 - Due  12/11/16

• read Invasion of Privacy
• #20 - Invasion of Privacy 
  

Week 16 - Due 12/18/16

• read Abuse of Process
• #21 - Abuse of Process 

• updated:  8/19/16