Chart of Assignments
Updated as of: April 19, 2016
Day by Day:
Week No 1
TUESDAY Jan 12
Class canceled
THURSDAY Jan 14 No 1
Module 1: Blackletter Overview
No reading for today
Week No 2
TUESDAY Jan 19 No 2
Module 1: Blackletter Overview (cont'd)
No reading for today
THURSDAY Jan 21 No 3
Module 1: Blackletter Overview (cont'd)
No reading for today
Week No 3
TUESDAY Jan 26 No 4
Module 1: Blackletter Overview (cont'd)
No reading for today
THURSDAY Jan 28 No 5
Module 1: Blackletter Overview (cont'd)
No reading for today
(Note: The quiz will be next Tuesday.)
Week No 4
TUESDAY Feb 2 No 6
Blackletter quiz (bring no. 2 pencil, eraser)
Module 2: Strict Liability
Casebook: Chapter 13, 26-43
THURSDAY Feb 4 No 7
Casebook: Chapter 13, 43-69
DLB: Chapter 16, §§16.01-16.03, 249-264
Week No 5
TUESDAY Feb 9 No 8 (Note: This class session is extended to 10:25 a.m.)
Module 3: Products Liability
Casebook: Chapter 14, 70-89, plus problem on 107-109
THURSDAY Feb 11 No 9 (Note: This class session is extended to 10:25 a.m.)
Casebook: Chapter 14, 89-107
Edwards: Lakey v. Sta-Rite, 178-220, 222-230
Week No 6
TUESDAY Feb 16 No 10 (Note: This class session is extended to 10:25 a.m.)
Module 4: Safety and Health Regulation
Casebook: Chapter 15, all
Module 5: Worker’s Compensation
No reading for this module.
THURSDAY Feb 18 No 11 (Note: This class session is extended to 10:25 a.m.)
Module 6: Insurance
No reading for this module.
Module 7: General Issues in Remedies
Casebook: Chapter 23, all
Week No 7
TUESDAY Feb 23 No 12 (Note: This class session is extended to 10:25 a.m.)
SPECIAL CLASS: Justice Daniel J. Crothers
We will meet together with Professor LeBel's section for a talk by Justice Carothers of the North Dakota Supreme Court.
No assigned reading for this session.
NOTE DIFFERENT ROOM: We will be meeting in the Molbert Room.
Module 7: General Issues in Remedies (cont'd)
(This will be in the portion of class after the Justice Carothers' talk and after Professor LeBel's students leave.)
THURSDAY Feb 25 No 13 (Note: This class session is extended to 10:25 a.m.)
Module 8: Compensatory Damages
Casebook: Chapter 24, all
Week No 8
TUESDAY Mar 1 No 14
Module 8: Compensatory Damages (cont'd)
THURSDAY Mar 3 No 15
Module 9: Punitive Damages
Casebook: Chapter 25, 365-396 (all of pdf)
Week No 9
TUESDAY Mar 8 No 16
Module 9: Punitive Damages (cont'd)
Edwards: Howard v. Collins & Aikman, 131-158
DLB: §14.05, 220-224
THURSDAY Mar 10 No 17
Module 10: Multiple Tortfeasors
Casebook: Chapter 26, 402-425
DLB: Chapter 13, §§13.01–13.03, 203-212
Spring Break
TUESDAY March 15
No class – Spring Break
THURSDAY March 17
No class – Spring Break
Week No 10
TUESDAY March 22 No 18
Module 10: Multiple Tortfeasors (cont'd)
(Reading posted previously.)
Module 11: Enforcing Judgments
No reading for this module.
THURSDAY March 24 No 19
Module 13: Immunities and Tort Liability of the Government
Casebook: Chapter 27 (all)
Week No 11
TUESDAY March 29 No 20
Module 12: Statutes of Limitation and Repose
No reading for this module.
Module 13: Immunities and Tort Liability of the Government (cont'd)
(Reading posted previously.)
Modules A&B: Ethics/Professionalism and Writing Assignment
To be discussed in class.
THURSDAY March 31 No 21
Module 14: Constitutional Torts
Casebook: Chapter 28 (455-465 & 471 only)
Week No 12
TUESDAY April 5 No 22
Module 15: Implied Rights of Action
No reading for this module.
Module 16: Wrongful Death, Survival Actions, and Loss of Consortium
Casebook: Chapter 29 (491-504 only)
DLB: §10.03, 161-168
THURSDAY April 7 No 23
Module 17: Wrongful Conception, Birth, and Life; Unborn Plaintiffs
Casebook: Chapter 29 (504 only)
DLB: §10.02, 156-161
Module 18: Transactional Torts
DLB: Chapter 19, 333-347
Casebook: Chapter 30 (528-532, 545-548, 551-552, and 562-564 only)
Week No 13
TUESDAY April 12 No 24
Module 18: Transactional Torts (cont'd)
(Reading posted previously.)
Module 19: Defamation
Casebook: Chapter 31 (572-585 only)
THURSDAY April 14
No class today (UND Law is on a Monday schedule today)
Week No 14
TUESDAY April 19
No class today
THURSDAY April 21 No 25
Module 20: Invasion of Privacy
Casebook: Chapter 32 (622-624 only)
DLB: Chapter 22, §§22.01-22.02 & 22.04-22.05, 375-377, 378-382
Module 21: Right of Publicity
DLB: Chapter 22, §§22.03, 377-378
FRIDAY April 22 OPTIONAL REVIEW SESSION
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Molbert Room, 203
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Molbert Room, 203
Review
This session is optional.
Attendance is not required.