Tort Law
Examines the principles of premises and personal liability, including intentional tort law, negligence law, product liability, strict liability, mass tort liability and affirmative defenses to causes of action sounding in tort liability.
Subject Code: PLG
Course Number: 122
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours 3
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the role a paralegal plays as a member of a tort litigation team.
2. Identify the prima facie elements of various intentional torts.
3. Identify the four (4) prima facie elements of a lawsuit sounding in negligence.
4. Discuss the application of the concept of foreseeability in a tort action.
5. Explain the concept of legal causation.
6. Identify and describe various types of legal remedies.
7. Describe the essential statutory requirements of a wrongful death action.
8. Draft a complaint in a personal injury lawsuit.
9. Describe the four (4) essential elements of a negligence action.
10. Describe the three (3) elements of a strict liability action.
11. Apply the Code of Professional Responsibility to a legal problem.
13. Explain the concepts of joint and several liability.
13. Identify and describe various affirmative defenses to premise liability and negligence, intentional torts, and premises.
Effective Term: Fall 2020
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