Chart of Assignments
Updated as of: April 18, 2018
Where and When:
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:05 to 10:00 a.m., Room 203
Day by Day:
Week No 1
TUESDAY January 9 No 1
Module 0: Blackletter Overview
Casebook: Chapter 16 (all)
[NOTE: You can go here to download Volume 2 of the casebook for free.]
THURSDAY January 11
Class canceled
Week No 2
TUESDAY January 16 No 2
Module 0: Blackletter Overview (continued)
No new reading
THURSDAY January 18 No 3
Module 0: Blackletter Overview (continued)
Blackletter quiz (bring a no. 2 pencil)
Module 1: Introduction to Intentional Torts
Re-review Casebook: Chapter 16: all
Module 2: Battery and Assault
Casebook: Chapter 17: 154-165
Week No 3
MONDAY January 22 No 4
SPECIAL MAKE-UP SESSION in room 203, 9:05 - 10:30 a.m.
SPECIAL MAKE-UP SESSION in room 203, 9:05 - 10:30 a.m.
Note: This is a regular class. Attendance will be taken and no video recording will be made.
Module 2: Battery and Assault (continued)
Casebook: Chapter 17: 169-174
Module 3: False Imprisonment
Casebook: Chapter 18: 175-185
Module 4: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (Outrage)
Casebook: Chapter 19: 196-208
TUESDAY January 23 No 5
Module 5: Trespass to Land
Casebook: Chapter 20: 213-218 & 221-226
Module 6: Trespass to Chattels and Conversion
Casebook: Chapter 21: 227-230 & 253-256
THURSDAY January 25 No 6
Module 7: Defenses to Intentional Torts
Casebook: Chapter 22: 277-306
Week No 4
TUESDAY January 30 No 7
Module 7: Defenses to Intentional Torts (continued)
Casebook: Chapter 22: 313-319
Module 21: Insurance
Discussed in class; no reading
THURSDAY February 1 No 8
Module 21: Insurance (continued)
Discussed in class; no reading
Module 8: General Issues in Remedies
Casebook: Chapter 23: 326-339
Week No 5
TUESDAY February 6 No 9
Module 9: Compensatory Damages
Casebook: Chapter 24: 340-342 & 355-366
THURSDAY February 8 No 10
Module 10: Punitive Damages
Casebook: Chapter 25, 367-398 (up to but not including State Farm)
Week No 6
TUESDAY February 13 No 11
Module 10: Punitive Damages (continued)
Edwards: Howard v. Collins & Aikman, 131-158
Module 11: Multiple Tortfeasors
Casebook: Chapter 26, 414-426 (up to but not including Great Lakes Dredge Dock)
✓
Lucky Break for Bad Brakes problem on pp 436-437.
THURSDAY February 15 No 12
Module 12: Enforcing Judgments
No reading for this module.
Module 13: Workers Compensation
No reading for this module.
Module 14: Immunities and Tort Liability of the Government
Casebook: Chapter 27: 439-447
Week No 7
TUESDAY February 20 No 13
No new reading today, we'll be catching up on the following:
✓
Lucky Break for Bad Brakes problem on pp 436-437 (Module 11)
Casebook: Chapter 27: 439-447 (Module 14)
THURSDAY February 22 No 14
Module 14: Immunities and Tort Liability of the Government (continued)
Casebook: Chapter 27: 447 to end of chapter
✓
Museum Gala problem on pp 465-466 in class. [moved to next class]
Week No 8
TUESDAY February 27 No 15
Module 14: Immunities and Tort Liability of the Government (continued)
Continue with last class's reading.
✓
Museum Gala problem on pp 465-466. (Prepare this problem ahead of time. We will go over it in class.)
Module 22: Statutes of Limitation and Repose
No reading for this module.
THURSDAY March 1 No 16
Module 15: Constitutional Torts
Casebook: Chapter 28: 467-477, 483-488 (up to but not including § III of Minneci) (Note: We are skipping Bivens itself.)
Week No 9
TUESDAY March 6 No 17
Module 15: Constitutional Torts (continued)
Video: Scott v. Harris police chase
Module 16: Thresholds of Life
Casebook: Chapter 29: 494-506
Special Topic A: Tribal Law and Courts
No new reading; see Benally in Chapter 29
THURSDAY March 8 No 18
Module 16: Thresholds of Life (continued)
Casebook: Chapter 29: 506-528
Special Topic B: Canadian Law and Courts
No new reading; see Dobson in Chapter 29
Spring Break
TUESDAY March 13
no class
THURSDAY March 15
no class
Week No 10
TUESDAY March 20 No 19
Special Topic B: Canadian Law and Courts
No new reading; see Dobson in Chapter 29
Guest Lecture (cross-topic)
Professor Joe Vacek, UND Aerospace, on drones and law
Readings for download:
THURSDAY March 22 No 20
Module 17: Transactional Torts
Casebook: Chapter 30, 530-534, 542-550, 553-554, 564-568
Week No 11
TUESDAY March 27 No 21
Module 18: Defamation
Casebook: Chapter 31, 578-603
THURSDAY March 29 No 22
Module 18: Defamation (continued)
Casebook: Chapter 31, 603-627
Week No 12
TUESDAY April 3 No 23
Module 19: Privacy Torts
Casebook: Chapter 32, 628-630
Module 20: Right of Publicity
THURSDAY April 5 No 24
Module 18: Defamation (continued)
No additional reading.
NOTE: This session will be done by video. If you attended the special make-ahead session on March 29, you do not need to attend this session.
Week No 13
TUESDAY April 10 No 25
Module 23: Theoretical Perspectives on Torts
THURSDAY April 12
No class for us; this is a “Mursday,” treated as a Monday on the school calendar.
Week No 14
TUESDAY April 17
No class for us; this is a “Fruesday,” treated as a Friday on the school calendar.
THURSDAY April 19 No 26
Read the Exam Prospectus [pdf]. I will take questions about the exam at the beginning of class.
Module 23: Theoretical Perspectives on Torts (continued)
Module 24: Tort Reform
No reading for this module.
FRIDAY April 20 OPTIONAL REVIEW SESSION
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Optional Review
Note that this session is entirely optional. It is not a "class session," and, as such, no attendance will be taken. I have requested this session to be videotaped and for the video to be put on reserve, on DVD, in the library. There is no reading for this session.