TORTS SYLLABUS
Fall 2007 - Professor Johnson (Updated October
19)
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August 21
Development of Liability Based Upon Fault
Read pp. 1-10
August 22
Development of Liability Based Upon
Fault (cont.)
Pages 10-16
August 23
Intent
Pages 17-23
August 24
Intent
Pages 23-29
August 28
Battery
Pages 29-37
CALI Exercises are available for
Battery and Assault
August 29
Assault; False Imprisonment
Pages 37-48
Website
CALI Exercise is available for
False Imprisonment
August 30
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Pages 50-54; Skip 55-57
August 31
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
(cont.)
Pages 57- 66
CALI Exercise is available for
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
September 4
Trespass to Land
Pages 66- 72
September 5
Trespass to Land (cont.); Trespass to Chattels;
Privileges
72-81; 91-92
Websites
September 6
Privileges: Consent
91-99
September 7
Privileges: Consent; Self-Defense; Defense
of Others
Pages 99-103; Skim 103-107
September 11
Defense of property; Recovery of property
Pages 107-118
Website
September 12
Necessity, Authority of Law, Discipline,
Justification
Pages 118-130
CALI Exercise available on Summary
of Intentional Torts
September 13
Negligence: Introduction
Pages 131-141
September 14
Negligence: Introduction; Negligence: The
Reasonable Person
Pages 141-150
September 18
Negligence: The Reasonable Person
Pages 150-161
September 19
Negligence: The Reasonable Person
Pages 161-173
September 20
Negligence: The Reasonable Person
Pages 173-185
September 21
Negligence: The Reasonable Person
Pages 185-197
Negligence: Rule of Law
Pages 200-204
CALI Exercises available on the
Reasonable Person, Standard of Care for Professionals, and
Children and Others of Diminished Capacity
September 25
Negligence: Violation of a Statute
Pages 204-215
September 26
Negligence: Violation of a Statute (cont.)
Pages 215-224
September 27
Negligence: Violation of a Statute (cont.);
Proof of Negligence: Circumstantial Evidence
Pages 224-237
September 28
Class Cancelled
October 2
Proof of Negligence: Res Ipsa Loquitor
Pages 237-250
CALI Exercise available on Res
Ipsa Loquitor
October 3
Res Ipsa Loquitor (cont.); Causation in
Fact
Pages 250-258; 259-262
October 4
Causation in Fact (cont.)
Pages 262-270
October 5
Causation in Fact (cont.)
Pages 270-282
October 9
Causation in Fact: Concurrent Causes; Multiple
Causes
Pages 282-292
October 10
Proximate Cause
Pages 293-308
October 11
Proximate Cause
Pages 308-325
Weblink
- Palsgraf
October 12
Proximate Cause: Intervening Causes
Pages 325-335
October 16
Proximate Cause: Intervening Causes
Pages 335-344
Proximate Cause: Public Policy
Pages 344-349
CALI Exercise available on Intervening
Causes
October 17
Proximate Cause: Public Policy
Pages 349-355
October 18
Negligence: Duty of Care, Failure to Act
Pages 417-432
October 19
Negligence: Duty of Care, Failure to Act
Pages 432-438
October 23
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
Pages 450-464
October 24
Defenses to Negligence: Contributory and
Comparative Negligence
Pages 586-601
CALI Exercise available
on Comparative Fault and on Contributory Negligence
October 25
Defenses to Negligence: Assumption of Risk
Pages 601-607
October 26
Defenses to Negligence: Assumption of Risk
Pages 607-610
Defenses to Negligence: Statutes of Limitation
Pages 614-621
CALI Exercise available on Assumption
of Risk
October 30
Defenses to Negligence: Family Immunities
Pages 621-633
October 31
Defenses to Negligence: Charitable Immunity,
Government Immunity
Pages 633-648
November
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Damages
Pages 519-530
November 2
Damages
Skim Pages 531-539
Read Pages 540-545
November 6
Damages
Read Pages 545-548
Skim Pages 548-550
Read Pages 550-556
November 7
Damages
Pages 556-564
Several CALI Exercises are available
that address Damages
November 8
Joint and Several Liability
Pages 361-371
November
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Law Review Symposium
November 13
Joint and Several Liability
Pages 371-378; 383-386
November 14
Joint and Several Liability
Pages 386-392
November 15
Vicarious Liability
Pages 660-669
November 16
Strict Liability
Pages 686 - 702
CALI Exercises available for Strict
Liability
November
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Fall Break
November 27
Strict Liability
Pages 702-714
CALI Exercises available for Strict
Liability
November 28
Exam Review
December 6
Exam
Meeting Times and Location
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday:
9:40 in Classroom A
Text
Prosser, Wade and Schwartz, Torts: Eleventh
Edition.
Attendance
Policy
Attendance is mandatory. If a student
accumulates more than 8 unexcused absences during the semester,
the student will not pass the course. A student who has not read
the assigned materials for the class will be marked absent.
Preparation for class is mandatory. Class
participation will be considered in grading.
Contact
information
Professor Stephen Johnson
Dean's Office
(478) 301-2192
Johnson_s@mercer.edu