Using a light, conversational style—injected with humor, ingenuity and insight—this book makes the complex law of torts understandable for readers at any level. Throughout, case excerpts are used as the basis for discovering the kinds of evidence/facts that parties in a case have used to establish their points. The excerpts give readers an idea of what kinds of evidence to put on, and show them the beginnings of the process of evaluation and comparison that are at the core of stare decisis. Torts, Contracts, and Crimes: What They Are and What They Aren't. Trespass, Assault, Battery, and Conversion. Ordinary Care and Negligence. Establishing the Standard of Care in the Courtroom. Causation in the Law of Torts. Defenses to Claims of Negligence. The Special Duties of Landowners. Compensatory Damages in Tort Cases. Aggravated Negligence, Fault, and Punitive Damages. Tort Liability for Defective Products. The Law of Defamation, Libel, and Slander. Torts Involving Privacy and Seclusion. Malicious Prosecution, Abuse of Process, and False Arrest. Fraud, Misrepresentation, and Tortious Interference with Contracts. The Developing Law of Toxic Torts. The Role of Insurance in the Law of Toxic Torts. For Paralegals.
Thomas B. Alleman, a litigation shareholder at Winstead Sechrest & Minick PC., Dallas, Texas, received a BA from Williams College in 1974 and a JD from Washington University in St. Louis in 1977. He has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Public Administration Programs at Avila College in Kansas City, Missouri, where he taught courses in torts, constitutional law and litigation. In 1996, he was selected as an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Environmental Studies at Williams College. He is the author of numerous articles on subjects in tort and insurance law and is a frequent speaker to professional and trade, groups din these areas.
Mr. Alleman is married to Susan Alleman and has three children, Sarah, Virginia and Sam.
Frances Beall Whiteside is editor of the National Paralegal Reporter, published by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA). A practicing paralegal for 14 years, she has been an adjunct instructor in three paralegal studies programs in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. She holds MLA and BA degrees from Southern Methodist University and a paralegal certificate from California State University at San Bernardino. She has previously co-authored two other books for Pearson Publications Co., Introduction to Contracts, now in its fourth edition, and Introduction to Business Organizations, now in its second edition. She may be reached at editor@paralegals.org.
