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Witt & Tani, TCPI What did the banana say to the judge? I’ll be sure to win my case on a peel. August Cooper Witt, July 2017 (h/t GERONIMO STILTON, THE QUEST FOR PARADISE: THE RETURN TO THE KINGDOM OF FANTASY 140 (2011))
Witt & Tani, TCPI Table of Contents About the Authors ................................................................................................................. i Notices .................................................................................................................................... ii About CALI eLangdell Press ............................................................................................. iii CHAPTER 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN TORT LAW .... 1 A. Principles and Institutions .............................................................................................. 1 B. An Introductory Case: The Tort of Battery .................................................................. 4 1. Vosburg v. Putney, 50 N.W. 403 (Wis. 1891) ............................................................... 4 2. Anatomy of a Torts Case ................................................................................................ 6 3. The Pervasiveness of Settlement .................................................................................... 8 4. The Size of the Tort System ......................................................................................... 10 5. Accident Rates and the Deterrence Goal ...................................................................... 14 6. Expressing Moral Judgments and Correcting Injustice ................................................ 18 7. Garratt v. Dailey, 279 P.2d 1091 (Wash. 1955) ........................................................... 19 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 21 CHAPTER 2. INTENTIONALLY INFLICTED PHYSICAL HARMS35 A. Trespass .......................................................................................................................... 35 1. Trespass to Land ........................................................................................................... 35 Dougherty v. Stepp ............................................................................................................ 35 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 36 2. Trespass to Chattels ...................................................................................................... 38 Intel Corp. v. Hamidi ......................................................................................................... 39 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 45 B. Beyond Battery: Causes of Action for Other Personal Injuries ................................ 47 1. Offensive Battery .......................................................................................................... 47 Fisher v. Carrousel Motor Hotel, Inc. ................................................................................ 47 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 49 2. Assault .......................................................................................................................... 50 I. de S. & Wife v. W. de S. Assizes ................................................................................... 50 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 50 Speicher v. Rajtora ............................................................................................................. 52 Note ................................................................................................................................ 53 3. False Imprisonment ...................................................................................................... 54 Whittaker v. Sandford ........................................................................................................ 54 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 56 4. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress ................................................................. 57 GTE Southwest v. Bruce .................................................................................................... 57 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 62 C. Defenses to Intentional Torts ........................................................................................ 66 1. Self-Defense ................................................................................................................. 66 Courvoisier v. Raymond .................................................................................................... 66 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 68 2. Defense of Real Property .............................................................................................. 71 Bird v. Holbrook ................................................................................................................ 71 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 72
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