Restatement of the Law Third,

Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm

This work addresses the basic elements of the tort action for liability for accidental personal injury and property damage as well as liability for emotional harm. The work supersedes comparable provisions in the Restatement Second, Torts.

Volume 1 covers liability for intentional physical harm and for negligence causing physical harm, duty, strict liability, factual cause, and scope of liability (traditionally called proximate cause).Volume 2 covers affirmative duties, emotional harm, landowner liability, and liability of actors who retain independent contractors.

Summary of Contents

Volume 1 (§§ 1 to 36)

Foreword
Reporters’ Preface

Chapter 1. Intent, Recklessness, and Negligence: Definitions
Chapter 2. Liability for Physical Harm
Chapter 3. The Negligence Doctrine and Negligence Liability
Chapter 4. Strict Liability
Chapter 5. Factual Cause
Chapter 6. Scope of Liability (Proximate Cause)

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Parallel Table
Table of Cross-References to Digest System Key Numbers and ALR Annotations
Index

In the Restatement tradition, this volume combines clear black-letter provisions with extensive explanatory Comments, clarifying Illustrations, and detailed Reporter’s Notes.

Volume 2 (§§ 37 to 65)

Foreword

Chapter 7. Affirmative Duties
Chapter 8. Liability for Emotional Harm
Chapter 9. Duty of Land Possessors

Table of Cases
Parallel Tables
Index

In the Restatement tradition, this volume combines clear black-letter provisions with extensive explanatory Comments, clarifying Illustrations, and detailed Reporter’s Notes.

Official Text Vol. 1 (Hardbound)
686 pages, 2010, #1R3LPEHOT1
Hardbound | 1R3LPEHOT1 | 2010 | 686 pages
ISBN – 978-0-314-91790-4

Official Text Vol. 2 (Hardbound)
538 pages, 2012, #1R3LPEHOT2
Hardbound | 1R3LPEHOT2 | 2012 | 538 pages
ISBN – 978-0-314-61432-2

Reporters:
Michael D. Green, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC
William C. Powers, Jr., University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Austin, TX
Associate Reporter for Chapter 10:
Ellen S. Pryor, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX

Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm

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