Emanuel Law Outlines for Torts: Keyed to Prosser, Wade, Schwartz, Partlett, Cardi, Lahav - 15th Edition - Steven L. Emanuel

Emanuel Law Outlines for Torts: Keyed to Prosser, Wade, Schwartz, Partlett, Cardi, Lahav 15th Edition Steven L. Emanuel ISBN 9781543807561

The Capsule Summary offers a concise, quick-reference overview of the key concepts covered in the full Outline, making it ideal for efficient review. The detailed course Outline, grounded in clear black-letter law principles, supports casebook reading throughout the semester and provides a strong framework for building your own comprehensive outline.

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In this new edition of Emanuel® Law Outlines: Torts, professors and students benefit from expanded and updated coverage reflecting current doctrine and case law. The Outline covers virtually all principal cases in Prosser, Wade & Schwartz’s 15th Edition (2024), including more than 20 cases newly introduced in that edition, such as:

• Burden of proof in battery claims involving alleged consent, where the defendant asserts consent as a defense to claims arising from sexual conduct (Rondini v. Bunn, N.D. Ala. 2020).

• Defendant liability under the “substantial factor” test, including modern judicial trends rejecting the substantial-factor standard (Doull v. Foster, Mass. 2021).

• The “value of a chance” doctrine in medical malpractice cases, holding defendants liable when negligence deprives a plaintiff of a less-than-50% chance of recovery (Smith v. Providence Health & Services, Or. 2017).

• The declining use of superseding cause to relieve defendants of liability when the plaintiff’s injury would not have occurred but for the intervening event (Barry v. Quality Steel Products, Conn. 2003).

• Limits on liability for pure economic loss in toxic tort cases involving land or water pollution (Southern California Gas Leak Cases, Cal. 2019).

• Government liability for ministerial errors, contrasted with sovereign immunity for discretionary decisions (Lorman v. City of Rutland, Vt. 2018).

• Failure-to-warn liability involving brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturers, where injury results from labeling of a generic drug produced by another manufacturer (T.H. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Cal. 2017).

Emanuel Law Outlines for Torts: Keyed to Prosser, Wade, Schwartz, Partlett, Cardi, Lahav 15th Edition Steven L. Emanuel ISBN 9781543807561, 978-1543807561 & 9798894109749

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Steven L. Emanuel