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1978

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Loe V. Armistead: The Availability Of An Alternative Remedy As A Bar To Extending Bivens, Ralph G. Santos Dec 1978

Loe V. Armistead: The Availability Of An Alternative Remedy As A Bar To Extending Bivens, Ralph G. Santos

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Medical Malpractice Standard Of Care: The Same Or Similar Localities Rule Revisited, Victra L. Fewell Oct 1978

Medical Malpractice Standard Of Care: The Same Or Similar Localities Rule Revisited, Victra L. Fewell

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Infliction Of Emotional Distress As An Independent Tort: The Necessity Of Physical Injury - Mcdowell V. Davis, 33 N.C. App. 529, 235 S.E. 2d 896 (1977), Wayne O. Clontz Oct 1978

The Infliction Of Emotional Distress As An Independent Tort: The Necessity Of Physical Injury - Mcdowell V. Davis, 33 N.C. App. 529, 235 S.E. 2d 896 (1977), Wayne O. Clontz

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.


Wrongful Life: A Modern Claim Which Conforms To The Traditional Tort Framework, Richard E. Wolff Oct 1978

Wrongful Life: A Modern Claim Which Conforms To The Traditional Tort Framework, Richard E. Wolff

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Domestic Relations—Breach Of Promise To Marry: Relic Revisited To Exclude Expectation Damages—Stanard V. Bolin, 88 Wn. 2d 614, 565 P.2d 94 (1977), D. Joseph Hurson Oct 1978

Domestic Relations—Breach Of Promise To Marry: Relic Revisited To Exclude Expectation Damages—Stanard V. Bolin, 88 Wn. 2d 614, 565 P.2d 94 (1977), D. Joseph Hurson

Washington Law Review

Plaintiff, relying on defendant's proposal of marriage, trained a replacement for her job, placed her home for sale, sold her furniture, and incurred normal expenses incidental to a future union. One month before the date of marriage, defendant informed plaintiff he would not fulfill his promise of marriage; she subsequently became ill, repurchased her home furnishings, and cancelled all wedding plans. Plaintiff brought suit for breach of promise to marry, seeking damages for (1) direct pecuniary losses; (2) pain, impairment to health, humiliation, embarrassment; and (3) loss of the expected financial security of marriage. The superior court dismissed the complaint …


Medico-Legal Issues In Wound Management, Susan Webber Oct 1978

Medico-Legal Issues In Wound Management, Susan Webber

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Plaintiff's Standard Of Care After Hochfelder: Toward A Theory Of Causation, Robert P. Bryant Oct 1978

Plaintiff's Standard Of Care After Hochfelder: Toward A Theory Of Causation, Robert P. Bryant

Vanderbilt Law Review

The extended debate by the Institute illustrates the logical and even emotional difficulty of dealing with the victim of an admittedly intentional deception who has acted foolishly in his own behalf and does not seem to deserve recovery. The crux of the controversy in the common law deceit cases mirrors that in the 10b-5 cases:should the victim have to investigate, and what might trigger an obligation to investigate? As this discussion demonstrates, tort principles provide some guidance. In deceit cases, the obligations placed on the plaintiff arise from the requirement that his reliance be justified. To the extent that his …


Potshots At The Stork: Toward A Consistent Justification Of Recovery For Wrongful Birth Claims Sep 1978

Potshots At The Stork: Toward A Consistent Justification Of Recovery For Wrongful Birth Claims

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Implied Warranty Of Habitability In Residential Leases, Glen L. Kettering Sep 1978

The Implied Warranty Of Habitability In Residential Leases, Glen L. Kettering

West Virginia Law Review

The implied warranty of habitability is a property law concept of relatively recent vintage. The development of this tenant-oriented principle has necessarily involved a departure from the traditional doctrine of caveat emptor. This Note will discuss the implied warranty of habitability itself, the rationale behind it, and the remedies it has made available to the residential tenant subjected to unsafe and unhealthy living conditions. Although much of the Note is devoted to judicial treatment of the implied warranty, particular attention is given to the recent adoption of the warranty by the American Law Institute in its second Restatement of Property. …


Physician Not Liable For Undertaking Particular Mode Of Treatment If Reasonable And Prudent Practitioner Would Have Followed Same Procedure Under Similar Circumstances., Rand J. Riklin Sep 1978

Physician Not Liable For Undertaking Particular Mode Of Treatment If Reasonable And Prudent Practitioner Would Have Followed Same Procedure Under Similar Circumstances., Rand J. Riklin

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


The Latest Event In The Confused History Of Municipal Tort Liability, J. Bart Budetti, Gerald L. Knight Jul 1978

The Latest Event In The Confused History Of Municipal Tort Liability, J. Bart Budetti, Gerald L. Knight

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Halloran V. Virginia Chemicals, Inc.: The Admissibility Of Habit Evidence In New York To Prove Negligence, Kathleen Anne Drumm Jul 1978

Halloran V. Virginia Chemicals, Inc.: The Admissibility Of Habit Evidence In New York To Prove Negligence, Kathleen Anne Drumm

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Wrongful Life And A Fundamental Right To Be Born Healthy: Park V. Chessin; Becker V. Schwartz, Harry F. Klodowski Jr. Jul 1978

Wrongful Life And A Fundamental Right To Be Born Healthy: Park V. Chessin; Becker V. Schwartz, Harry F. Klodowski Jr.

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Torts—Misapplication Of The Tort Of Interference With Business Relations—Cherberg V. Peoples National Bank, 88 Wn. 2d 595, 564 P.2d 1137 (1977), Craig Gannett May 1978

Torts—Misapplication Of The Tort Of Interference With Business Relations—Cherberg V. Peoples National Bank, 88 Wn. 2d 595, 564 P.2d 1137 (1977), Craig Gannett

Washington Law Review

Lessor, the Joshua Green Corporation, breached the covenant of quiet enjoyment by refusing to repair the outside wall of the building in which the Cherbergs were leasing space for their restaurant and by threatening to post the building as unsafe. The Cherbergs sued the Green Corporation for breach of contract and for interference with business relations. The trial court sustained both causes of action. The jury awarded $3,100 as contract damages and $38,900 as tort damages for mental anguish. The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the damage award for breach of contract but concluded that the tort of interference with …


Illegal Acts And The Discretionary Function Exception Of The Federal Tort Claims Act May 1978

Illegal Acts And The Discretionary Function Exception Of The Federal Tort Claims Act

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Wallis V. Mrs. Smith's Pie Co., Carolyn Brack Armbrust Apr 1978

Wallis V. Mrs. Smith's Pie Co., Carolyn Brack Armbrust

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Moment Of Inadvertence Concept In Strict Products Liability: The Seed Of Destruction For The Assumption Of The Risk Defense?, Richard E. Stites Apr 1978

The Moment Of Inadvertence Concept In Strict Products Liability: The Seed Of Destruction For The Assumption Of The Risk Defense?, Richard E. Stites

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Malpractice Liability Of Company Physicians, Timothy J. Paris Apr 1978

The Malpractice Liability Of Company Physicians, Timothy J. Paris

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Tort Claims Under The Present And Proposed Bankruptcy Acts, Stephen Allen Edwards Apr 1978

Tort Claims Under The Present And Proposed Bankruptcy Acts, Stephen Allen Edwards

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Congress may soon enact the first complete revision of the United States bankruptcy laws in almost four decades. Among the numerous changes proposed by the legislature is a major alteration of the provability and dischargeability of tort claims asserted against the bankrupt's estate. This article will discuss the treatment of tort claims in the present Act and the changes to be made by the proposed Act, and will evaluate alternative approaches to compensating victims of bankrupt tortfeasors.


Xii. Torts Mar 1978

Xii. Torts

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Settlements In Multiple Tortfeasor Controversies - Texas Law., Ann C. Livingston Mar 1978

Settlements In Multiple Tortfeasor Controversies - Texas Law., Ann C. Livingston

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


Interspousal Immunity Doctrine Will Not Bar Claims For Intentional Torts., Edward L. Kurth Mar 1978

Interspousal Immunity Doctrine Will Not Bar Claims For Intentional Torts., Edward L. Kurth

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


The Service-Sales Transaction: A Citadel Under Assault., James B. Sales Mar 1978

The Service-Sales Transaction: A Citadel Under Assault., James B. Sales

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


Stuart V. Hertz Corp., 351 So. 2d 703 (Fla. 1977), Richard Gordon Jan 1978

Stuart V. Hertz Corp., 351 So. 2d 703 (Fla. 1977), Richard Gordon

Florida State University Law Review

Tortl Law-INDEMNITY-ORIGINAL TORTFEASOR UNABLE TO RECOVER FOR AGGRAVATION OF PLAINTIFF'S INJURY BY NEGLIGENT ACTION OF SECOND TORTFEASOR.


An Insurer's Liability To Third Parties For Negligent Inspection, Michael Braden Jan 1978

An Insurer's Liability To Third Parties For Negligent Inspection, Michael Braden

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Common Carriers And Risk Distribution: Absolute Liability For Transporting Hazardous Materials, James F. Roberts Jan 1978

Common Carriers And Risk Distribution: Absolute Liability For Transporting Hazardous Materials, James F. Roberts

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Skinner V. Reed-Prentice Division Package Co.: Adoption Of Contribution In Illinois, Timothy J. Rivelli Jan 1978

Skinner V. Reed-Prentice Division Package Co.: Adoption Of Contribution In Illinois, Timothy J. Rivelli

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Warsaw From The French Perspective: A Comparative Study Of Liability Limits Under The Warsaw Convention, Elizabeth G. Browning Jan 1978

Warsaw From The French Perspective: A Comparative Study Of Liability Limits Under The Warsaw Convention, Elizabeth G. Browning

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The Warsaw Convention, now over 45 years old, was originally designed to aid the growth of a new, undeveloped, and somewhat perplexing commercial enterprise--the international air transportation industry. Unfortunately, the drafters of the Convention took a narrow, and perhaps ill-advised, view of regulation of liability. They limited the carriers' liability for damage to an amount that could easily have been foreseen to be unworkable and they defined the concept of fault in ambiguous terms. While this fledgling attempt to codify an area of private international law was meant to provide a uniformity of terms that would be workable in a …


Litigant Access Doctrine And The Burger Court, Tinsley E. Yarbrough Jan 1978

Litigant Access Doctrine And The Burger Court, Tinsley E. Yarbrough

Vanderbilt Law Review

The decisions of potentially most far-reaching significance, however, are the Burger Court's pronouncements concerning the nature and application of the personal injury standard in the field of standing, the status of public action lawsuits, and the propriety of federal district court intervention in state judicial proceedings. This Article critically analyzes the Court's developing position in each of these areas and suggests that in each its doctrinal stance is conceptually weak, rarely serves the functions that it ostensibly was designed to perform, and is extremely vulnerable to capricious application.


Blackburn V. Dorta, 348 So. 2d 287 (Fla. 1977), Alix Thornton Jan 1978

Blackburn V. Dorta, 348 So. 2d 287 (Fla. 1977), Alix Thornton

Florida State University Law Review

Tort Law- ASSUMPTION OF RISK- ADOPTION OF COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE REQUIRES THAT THE DEFENSE OF IMPLIED ASSUMPTION OF RISK BE ELIMINATED AS AN ABSOLUTE BAR TO RECOVERY.