Torts II

1.5 Credit Hours

This course is for Executive LLM students. This course is a continuation and expansion of Topics in Tort Law. The course will include deeper coverage of a number of topics introduced in the Topics in Tort Law course. In the area of intentional torts, we will pick up some additional intentional torts such as intentional infliction of emotional distress and trespass. We will also explore some additional defenses such as defense of property and necessity. A great deal of the course will address additional issues in the law of negligence. First, we will examine in depth a basic tenet of tort law, the "reasonable person standard. We will also explore some additional issues that arise in proving negligence, including custom and multiple defendants. Although causation has been introduced we will look more deeply at the difference between "cause-in-fact" and "proximate cause." Finally, we will look at some of the issues relating to premises liability, focusing on the traditional categories of trespasser, licensee, and invitee and will look at how contemporary tort law has moved away from those categories. During class meetings, students will have lectures accompanied by power point presentations on the topics listed above, classroom questions on the material covered. and practice exam questions.