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Law 12 - Torts - #0302
Prof Manny Rose - Read Dear Online Student - Study Guide and Welcome Message
All of the work below is done under moodle
Grade Distribution
Tests = 40% of your grade
Assignments = 45% of your grade
Forum Discussions - 15% of points - to be posted at the end of the session - as your class participation
A = 90%
B = 80%
C = 70%
D = 60%
A grade of C or greater is required to pass the class
Week 1 - Due 9/2/12
Week 2 - Due 9/9/12
- 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 9/16/12
- read Overview of Torts
- #4 Ashcraft case
- Test #B - Barris case analysis
- forum discussion
Week 4 - Due 9/23/12
Week 5 - Due 9/30/12
Week 6 - Due 10/7/12
Week 7 - Due 10/14/12
- read Duty
- #10 - Attractive Nuisance
- Test #G Dillon and Chen cases
- Test #H Palsgraph case
- forum discussion
Week 8 - Due 10/21/12
- Read Causation
- #11 Cahoon v. Cummons
- Test #I - Bailor and Salvation Army
- forum discussion
Week 9 - Due 10/28/12
- Read Defenses to Negligence
- #12 - Defenses to Negligence Hypotheticals
- #13 - Damages - Colson case
- Test #J - State Farm v. Cambell
- forum discussion
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Week 10 - Due 11/4/12
- Read Damages and Strict Liability
- #14 Strict Liability Hypotheticals
- Test #K - Bowers v. Wurzburg
- forum discussion
Week 11 - Due 11/11/12
- Read Product Liability
- #15 Discuss Product Liability Hypotheticals
- Test #L - Merrill v. Navegar
- forum discussion
Week 12 - Due 11/18/12
- Read Defamation
- #16 Tort Teasers - Defamation
- forum discussion
Week 13 - Due 11/25/12
- Read Vicarious Liability
- #17 Tort Teasers - Vicarious Liability
- #18 - Bad Faith Case
- forum discussion
Week 14 - Due 12/2/12
- 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 12/9/12
- read Invasion of Privacy
- #20 - Invasion of Privacy
- forum discussion
Week 16 - Due 12/16/12
- read Abuse of Process
- #21 - Abuse of Process
- forum discussion
- updated: 7/1/12