Chart
of Assignments
Eric E. Johnson, UND Law
Updated
as of: November 15, 2011
Week
No 1
_TUESDAY Aug 23_ No 1
PART I: Preliminaries
Module 1: Models of Tort Law and the Context of Torts
[no
reading]
_THURSDAY Aug 25_ No 2
Module 2: Overview of Negligence,
etc.
[no
reading]
Week
No 2
_TUESDAY Aug 30_ No 3
Module 2: Overview of Negligence,
etc. (continued)
[no
reading]
_THURSDAY Sept 1_ No 4
Module 2: Overview of Negligence,
etc. (continued)
[no
reading]
Week
No 3
_TUESDAY Sept 6_ No 5
Module 2: Overview of Negligence,
etc. (continued)
[no
reading]
_THURSDAY Sept 8_ No 6
Module 2: Overview of Negligence,
etc. (continued)
[no
reading]
Week
No 4
_TUESDAY Sept 13_ No 7
Module 2: Overview of Negligence,
etc. (continued)
[no
reading]
_THURSDAY Sept 15_ No 8
Module 2: Overview of Negligence,
etc. (continued)
[no
reading]
Week
No 5
_TUESDAY Sept 20_ No 9
In-class Midterm Quiz
Module 3: Procedural Context for Torts
[no
reading]
_THURSDAY Sept 22_ No 10
Module 3: Procedural Context for Torts (continued)
Module 4: Example of a Tort Lawsuit
EEJ - Walter v.
Wal-Mart, pp. 12-25
Week
No 6
_TUESDAY Sept 27_ No 11
Module 4: Example of a Tort Lawsuit (continued)
Online Supplement -
Walter v. Wal-Mart documents nos. 1-3
(Complaint, Answer, Verdict)
_THURSDAY Sept 29_ No 12
PART II: The Prima Face Case
for Negligence
Module 5: Forseeability
DLB - §8.01, pp. 105-107
EEJ - Weirum v. RKO, pp. 25-30
EEJ - Boyd v. Racine
Currency Exchange, pp. 30-34
Week
No 7
_TUESDAY Oct 4_
No
class
_THURSDAY Oct 6_ No 13
Module 6: Failure to Act
DLB - §8.02 [intro]
& [A], pp. 107-113
EEJ - South v. Amtrak,
pp. 34-40
EEJ - Osterlind v. Hill, pp. 40-42
EEJ - Theobald v. Dolcimascola, pp. 42-45
Week
No 8
_TUESDAY Oct 11_ No 14
Module 6: Failure to Act
DLB - §8.02 [B] &
§8.03, pp. 113-125
EEJ - Tarasoff v. U.C. Regents, pp. 45-54
Module 7: Land Owners & Occupiers
DLB - §9.01 - §9.05,
pp. 129-142
_THURSDAY Oct 13_ No 15
Module 8: Determining Breach, in General
DLB - §5.01 - §5.03, pp.
73-75
EEJ - Rogers v. Retrum, pp. 74-79
JE - Howard v. Collins
& Aikman, pp. 131-159
Week
No 9
_TUESDAY Oct 18_ No 16
Module 9: Res Ipsa Loquitor
DLB - §5.04, pp. 76-83
EEJ - Byrne v. Boadle, pp. 80-81
_THURSDAY Oct 20_ No 17
Module 10: The Reasonable Person Standard of Care
DLB - §3.01- §3.06, pp.
45-60
EEJ - Vaughan v. Menlove, pp. 82-84
Module 11: Negligence Per Se
DLB - §6.01 - §6.07,
pp. 85-92
EEJ - Gorris v. Scott, pp. 85-87
Week
No 10
_TUESDAY Oct 25_ No 18
Module 12: Custom and the Negligence Calculus
DLB - §4.01 - §4.04,
pp. 61-71
EEJ - The T.J. Hooper,
pp. 101-105
EEJ - U.S. v. Carroll
Towing Co., pp. 106-110
_THURSDAY Oct 27_ No 19
Module 13: Proof and Preponderance
DLB - §11.01, §11.02,
and §11.04[C], pp. 177-179, 184-185
EEJ - Beswick v. CareStat, pp. 111-121
Week
No 11
_TUESDAY Nov 1_ No 20
Module 13: Proof and Preponderance (continued)
Library Reserve - A
Civil Action (film)
Online Supplement - Anderson
v. Cryovac documents nos.1-6
(summary judgment papers, order, and trial plans)
_THURSDAY Nov 3_ No 21
Module 13: Proof and Preponderance (continued)
[readings
originally set for this day were remitted to Class No. 22]
Week
No 12
_TUESDAY Nov 8_ No 22
Module 14: Multiplicity
DLB - §11.03 and §11.04[A], [B], [D], &
[E], pp. 179-184, 185-186
EEJ - McDonald v. Robinson, pp. 121-122
EEJ - Kingston v. Chicago & Northwestern
Railway, pp. 123-125
EEJ - Summers v. Tice, pp.
125-127
_THURSDAY Nov 10_ No 23
Module 15: The Place of Proximate Causation
DLB - §12.01 - §12.02,
pp. 187-189
EEJ - Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad, pp. 138-147
Module 16: Various Tests for Proximate Causation
DLB - §12.03 - §12.04,
pp. 189-200
EEJ - Ryan v. New York
Central Railroad, pp. 147-149
Week
No 13
_TUESDAY Nov 15_ No 24
Module 17: Existence of Damages
[no
reading]
PART III: Defenses to
Negligence
Module 18: Contributory and Comparative Negligence
DLB - §15.01 - §15.03,
pp. 226-233
Module 19: Implied Assumption of Risk
DLB - §15.04 except [B][2],
pp. 233-239
_THURSDAY Nov 17_ No 25
EEJ – Murphy v. Steeplechase
Amusement Co., pp. 154-156 ⇐ OPTIONAL
Module 20: Waiver and Express Assumption of Risk
DLB - §15.04[B][2], pp.
235-236
EEJ - Hulsey v.
Elsinore Parachute Center, pp. 157-165
EEJ - Hiett v. Lake Barcroft Community
Association, pp. 165-167
PART IV: Liability Relating
to Medical Care
Module 21: Medical Malpractice / Professional Negligence
DLB - §7.01 - §7.02,
pp. 93-98
Week
No 14
_TUESDAY Nov 23_ No 26
Module 21: Medical Malpractice / Professional Negligence (continued)
JE - Sawyer v. St.
Joseph’s Hospital,
pp. 1-6(except last ¶), 9(last ¶)-14(§ break),
17-48
Module 22: Informed Consent
DLB - §7.03 except [A],
pp. 98-102
JE - Campbell v. Pitt
County Memorial Hospital, pp. 51-113
Module 23: Medical Battery
DLB - §7.03[A], p. 99
Module 24: ERISA Pre-Emption
[no
reading]