Torts Stories

by Robert L. Rabin, Stephen D. Sugarman

Ideally suited as a supplement in a first-year torts course or as a text for an advanced seminar, Torts Stories provides an enriched understanding of ten leading torts cases, focusing on how the litigation was shaped by lawyers, judges and socioeconomic factors, and why the cases have attained landmark status. The publication provides students with an understanding of ten leading torts cases: United States v. Carroll Towing Co., the Hand Formula's Home Port; MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., Simplifying the Facts while Reshaping the Law; Rowland v. Christian, Hallmark of an Expansionary Era; Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, The Therapist's Dilemma; The Wagon Mound Cases, Foreseeability, Causation, and Mrs. Palsgraf; Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly and Co., Markets of Mothers; Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co., While the Timorous Stay at Home, the Adventurous Ride the Flopper; Rylands v. Fletcher, Tort Law's Conscience; Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.: Strict Products Liability Unbound; and Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co., Liability for Harm Caused by Necessity.

Genres: Law, Nonfiction, Textbooks

293 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Rex]

I wish my law professor had used this book more. Instead of focusing on the legal rules, the book shows how lawyers and socioeconomic factors influenced the court and the legal outcomes.

[B]

Very inconsistent (some stories good, some stories bad) but more facts, more facts, more facts.