Tort law
Subtitle: concepts and applications
By: Hillary J. Michaud.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780135071052
Subjects: Torts -- United States; Legal assistants -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to tort law; title: Tort practice and applications; title: Intentional torts; title: Defenses to intentional torts and remedies; title: Negligence; title: Defenses to negligence and remedies; title: Introduction to strict liability : harm caused by animals and other abnormally dangerous conditions or activities; title: Products liability; title: Strict liability tort defenses and remedies; title: Defamation and disparagement of property; title: Invasion of privacy; title: Misrepresentation, tortious interference and the prima facie tort; title: Survival, wrongful death, and wrongful birth and life; title: Joint tortfeasors and vicarious liability; title: Immunity from tort law; title: Mass torts, the role of insurance, and workers' compensation.