Chart of Assignments
Updated as of: November 17, 2015
Day by Day:
Week No 1
TUESDAY Aug 25 No 1
Module 1: Welcome
No reading for today.
Module 2: The Place of Torts and a Model Tort
No reading for today.
THURSDAY Aug 27 No 2
Module 2: The Place of Torts and a Model Tort (continued)
Casebook: Chapter 1, 20-31
Module 3: Overview of Negligence, Health Care Liability, and Intentional Torts
No reading for this module today.
Week No 2
TUESDAY Sept 1 No 3
Module 3: Overview of Negligence, Health Care Liability, and Intentional Torts (continued)
Casebook: Chapter 2, 32-43
THURSDAY Sept 3 No 4
Module 3: Overview of Negligence, Health Care Liability, and Intentional Torts (continued)
No new reading for today.
Week No 3
TUESDAY Sept 8 No 5
Module 3: Overview of Negligence, Health Care Liability, and Intentional Torts (continued)
Casebook: Chapter 3, 47-53
Casebook: Chapter 16, 144-152
THURSDAY Sept 10 No 6
Module 3: Overview of Negligence, Health Care Liability, and Intentional Torts (continued)
Blackletter quiz (bring a no. 2 pencil)
Module 4: Procedural Context for Torts
No reading for this module.
Module 5: Example of a Tort Lawsuit
Casebook: Chapter 4, 54-71
Week No 4
TUESDAY Sept 15 No 7
Module 6: Foreseeability
Casebook: Chapter 5, 72-94
DLB: Chapter 8, §§8.04-8.06, 125-129
THURSDAY Sept 17 No 8
Module 7: The Duty of Care and Criminal Acts
Casebook: Chapter 5, 94-100
DLB: Chapter 8, §8.02[B][2], 119-124
Week No 5
TUESDAY Sept 22 No 9
Module 8: Affirmative Duties
Casebook: Chapter 5, 100-135
DLB: Chapter 8, §§8.01-8.02[B][1] & 8.03, 105-119 & 125
THURSDAY Sept 24 No 10
Module 9: Determining Breach, in General
Casebook: Chapter 6, 136-149
Module 10: The Reasonable Person Standard of Care
Casebook: Chapter 6, 149-155
Week No 6
TUESDAY Sept 29 No 11
Module 11: Accounting for Differences Among People
Casebook: Chapter 6, 155-166
DLB: Chapter 3 (all), 45-60
THURSDAY Oct 1 No 12
Module 12: Negligence Per Se
Casebook: Chapter 6, 166-190
DLB: Chapter 6 (all), 85-92
Week No 7
TUESDAY Oct 6 No 13
Module 13: The Role of Custom or Standard Practices
Casebook: Chapter 6, 190-196
DLB: Chapter 4, §4.03-4.04, 68-71
Module 14: The Negligence Calculus
Casebook: Chapter 6, 196-210
DLB: Chapter 4, §4.01-4.02, 61-67
THURSDAY Oct 8
No class this day
Week No 8
TUESDAY Oct 13 No 14
Module 15: Res Ipsa Loquitor
Casebook: Chapter 6, 210-222
DLB: Chapter 5 (all), 73-83
Module 16: Special Rules for Land Owners and Occupiers
Casebook: Chapter 6, 222-242
DLB: Chapter 9 (all), 131-144
THURSDAY Oct 15 No 15
Module 17: Basics (of Actual Causation)
Casebook: Chapter 7, 257-264
DLB: Chapter 11, §11.01-11.02, 179-181
Module 18: Proof and Preponderance
Casebook: Chapter 7, 264-276
DLB: Chapter 11, §11.04[C], 186-187
Special Module A: Ethics/Professionalism Assignment: Opposing Counsel (Mass Media on the Mass Turnpike)
No reading for this module.
Week No 9
TUESDAY Oct 20 No 16
Module 18: Proof and Preponderance (continued)
Library Reserve: A Civil Action (film)
Supplement: Anderson v. Cryovac documents nos. 1-6 (summary judgment papers, order, and trial plans)
01. Summary Judgment Motion of Grace
02. Summary Judgment Brief of Grace
03. Summary Judgment Order
04. Beatrice’s Trial Plan
05. Grace’s Trial Plan
06. Plaintiffs’ Trial Plan
02. Summary Judgment Brief of Grace
03. Summary Judgment Order
04. Beatrice’s Trial Plan
05. Grace’s Trial Plan
06. Plaintiffs’ Trial Plan
Module 19: Multiplicity
Casebook: Chapter 7, 277-292
DLB: Chapter 11, §11.03 & §11.04[A], [D], & [E], 181-183 & 187-188
THURSDAY Oct 22 No 17
Module 20: Basics (of Proximate Causation)
Casebook: Chapter 8, 308-330
DLB: Chapter 12, §§12.01-12.02, 189-191
Module 21: Various Tests for Proximate Causation
Casebook: Chapter 8, 330-343
DLB: Chapter 12, §§12.03-12.04, 191-202
Special Module A: Ethics/Professionalism Assignment: Opposing Counsel (Mass Media on the Mass Turnpike)
Turn in your answers in class, on paper.
Week No 10
TUESDAY Oct 27 No 18
Module 22: Existence of an Injury
Casebook: Chapter 9, 344-346 & 355-359
Module 23: Plaintiff’s Negligence (Contributory and Comparative)
Casebook: Chapter 10, 360-383
DLB: Chapter 15, §§15.01-15.03, 228-235
THURSDAY Oct 29 No 19
Module 24: Assumption of Risk
Casebook: Chapter 10, 383-406
DLB: Chapter 15, §§15.04[A] & [B], 235-241
Week No 11
TUESDAY Nov 3
Class cancelled
THURSDAY Nov 5 No 20
Special Module B: Writing Assignment: Express Assumption of Risk
To be discussed in class.
Module 25: Basics (of Liability Relating to Medical Care)
Casebook: Chapter 11, 408-409
Module 26: Medical Malpractice / Professional Negligence
Casebook: Chapter 11, 409-414
Week No 12
TUESDAY Nov 10 No 21
Module 26: Medical Malpractice / Professional Negligence (cont'd)
Edwards: Sawyer v. St. Joseph’s Hospital, 1-6(except last ¶), 9(last ¶)-14(§ break), 17-48
Module 27: Medical Battery
Casebook: Chapter 11, 414-422
Module 28: Informed Consent
Casebook: Chapter 11, 422-436
Module 29: ERISA Pre-Emption
No reading for this module.
THURSDAY Nov 12 No 22
Module 30: Introduction to Intentional Torts
Casebook: Chapter 16, 144-152 (this is re-reviewing reading previously assigned in Week 3)
Module 31: Battery and Assault
Casebook: Chapter 17, 153-173
Module 32: False Imprisonment
Casebook: Chapter 18, 174-184
Special Module B: Writing Assignment: Express Assumption of Risk (Speedy Express)
Turn in your answers in class, on paper.
Week No 13
TUESDAY Nov 17 No 23
Module 33: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (Outrage)
Casebook: Chapter 19, 195-199, 211
Module 34: Trespass to Chattels and Conversion
Casebook: Chapter 21, 226-229, 252-255
THURSDAY Nov 19 No 24
Module 35: Trespass to Land
Casebook: Chapter 20, 212-217, 220-225
Module 36: Defenses (to Intentional Torts)
Casebook: Chapter 22, 276-291, 297-304, 311-312
FRIDAY Nov 20 No 25 - SPECIAL MAKE-UP/REVIEW
1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Molbert Classroom 203
Review