Intentional torts:
Harms to the person: assault, battery, false imprisonment, infliction
of mental distress
Harms to property interests; trespass to land and chattels, conversion
Defenses to claims for physical harms
Negligence:
The duty question: including failure to act, unforeseeable plaintiffs,
and obligations to control the conduct of third parties
The standard of care
Problems relating to proof of fault, including res ipsa loquitur
Problems relating to causation
Limitations on liability and special rules of liability
Liability for acts of others
Defenses
Strict liability:
claims arising from abnormally dangerous activities; the rule of
Ryland v. Fletcher and other common law strict liability claims;
defenses
Products liability:
claims against manufacturers and others based on defects in
manufacture, design, and warning; and defenses:
Liability for negligence
Strict products liability
Liability for misrepresentation and breach of warranty
Other torts:
Claims based on nuisance, and defenses
Claims based on defamation and invasion of privacy; defenses and
constitutional limitations
Claims based on misrepresentations, and defenses
Claims based on intentional interference with business relations, and
defenses