Objections at Trial - 12th Edition - Ronald L. Carlson

Objections at Trial 12th Edition Ronald L. Carlson ISBN 9798886690798

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

• Burden of proof in battery claims involving alleged consent, where the defendant raises 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 the modern judicial trend away from the substantial-factor standard (Doull v. Foster, Mass. 2021).

• The “value of a chance” doctrine in medical malpractice cases, imposing liability 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 as a basis for relieving defendants of liability when the 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 contamination of land or water (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 defective labeling of a generic drug produced by another manufacturer (T.H. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Cal. 2017).

Objections at Trial 12th Edition Ronald L. Carlson ISBN 9798886690798, 979-8886690798 & 9798886690804

Authors
Ronald L. Carlson
Edward J. Imwinkelried
Myron H. Bright