This course covers advanced topics in tort law, building on the coverage in the first-year Torts I course. Topics may include products liability, defamation, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, interference with contractual relations, recovery for pure economic harm, interference with intellectual property rights, nuisance, trespass to chattels, and conversion. In addition, the roles of mass tort litigation, insurance, and tort reform may be considered. After taking this course, students will have an increased knowledge of products liability, defamation, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, interference with contractual relations, recovery for pure economic harm, interference with intellectual property rights, nuisance, trespass to chattels, and conversion. They are expected to increase their foundational understanding of the policy foundations of tort law, as well as how judges’ reason from common law principles in order to justify their holdings in tort cases.
- products liability
- fraud
- economic torts, especially tortious interference with contractual relations
- business defamation
- appropriation of name or likeness