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TORTS WEEK ONE (PREVIEW)

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TORTS –  WEEK ONE, LESSON ONE

COURSE DESCRIPTION

  • This course is a survey of civil causes of action for which an injured party may seek redress and compensatory relief in court.
  • Students will learn various theories of tort liability including intentional torts to person and property such as assault, battery, false imprisonment, trespass and infliction of emotional distress.
  • Students will also examine the law relating to causes of action for ordinary and professional negligence, wrongful death, products liability, and dignitary torts such as invasion of privacy, defamation, constitutional torts and nuisance.
  • They will also examine strict liability causes of action such as pet ownership and products liability.
  • Finally, students will examine tort defenses of privilege, mistake, self-defense, consent, necessity, immunity, contributory and comparative negligence and assumption of the risk.

HANDOUTS

Please download the following attachments:

TERMS AND CONDTITIONS

Please be advised that this is an archived lecture from a previous term.  These courses are NON-CREDIT “preview” purposes for the upcoming term. These high quality lectures are fully downloadable, in MP4 format, for viewing on your Desktop PC, Laptop, Tablet, iPhone or Android devices.

TORTS –  WEEK ONE, LESSON TWO

COURSE DESCRIPTION

  • This course is a survey of civil causes of action for which an injured party may seek redress and compensatory relief in court.
  • Students will learn various theories of tort liability including intentional torts to person and property such as assault, battery, false imprisonment, trespass and infliction of emotional distress.
  • Students will also examine the law relating to causes of action for ordinary and professional negligence, wrongful death, products liability, and dignitary torts such as invasion of privacy, defamation, constitutional torts and nuisance.
  • They will also examine strict liability causes of action such as pet ownership and products liability.
  • Finally, students will examine tort defenses of privilege, mistake, self-defense, consent, necessity, immunity, contributory and comparative negligence and assumption of the risk.

HANDOUTS

Please download the following attachments:

TERMS AND CONDTITIONS

Please be advised that this is an archived lecture from a previous term.  These courses are NON-CREDIT “preview” purposes for the upcoming term. These high quality lectures are fully downloadable, in MP4 format, for viewing on your Desktop PC, Laptop, Tablet, iPhone or Android devices.

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