Saltalamachia Torts Section 3B 2010

This podcast covers the affirmative duty implications of negligent entrustment, and the start of the discussion of the duty of landowners and occupiers. Click here to download the Classcaster audio. Play It Now! [audio:http://saltalamachiatorts3b2010.classcaster.net/files/2010/09/1285345155.13.mp3]

This is the podcast for class on September 20, 2010.  Cases discussed were Uhr, Strauss v. Belle Realty, and Reynolds v. Hicks.  Click here to download the Classcaster audio. Play It Now! [audio:http://saltalamachiatorts3b2010.classcaster.net/files/2010/09/1285006107.11.mp3]

Here are some interesting background facts on the Tarasoff case. The Tarasoff case is perhaps inextricably linked to Berkeley in the 1960’s, and life around the University of California campus. The campus was justifiably famous for being a world-class intellectual center and was attracting students from all over the globe. Tatiana Tarasoff and Prosenjit Poddar […]

Cases discussed in Class #7, September 15, 2010 were Farwell v. Keaton, Moch, Randi v. Muroc, and Tarasof. Click here to download the Classcaster audio. Play It Now! [audio:http://saltalamachiatorts3b2010.classcaster.net/files/2010/09/1284576375.5.mp3]

This podcast discusses our transition away from the element of breach and into the threshhold question of the existance of an affirmative duty of care.  To illustrate this concept of affirmative duty to aid another, we started with the Harper v. Herman case. Click here to download the Classcaster audio. Play It Now! [audio:http://saltalamachiatorts3b2010.classcaster.net/files/2010/09/1284403157.3.mp3]

For this class, we discussed Negri, Gordon, Byrne v. Boadle, MacDougald v. Perry, and Ybarra v. Spangard. Click here to download the Classcaster audio. Play It Now! [audio:http://saltalamachiatorts3b2010.classcaster.net/files/2010/09/1284045216.2.mp3]

In this class we discussed the roles of the judge and jury in deciding the standard of care, and the use of custom and statutes.  Cases discussed are Akins, Andrews, Trimarco, T.J. Hooper, Martin v. Herzog, and Tedla v. Ellmann. Click here to download the Classcaster audio. Play It Now! [audio:http://saltalamachiatorts3b2010.classcaster.net/files/2010/09/1283376942.14.mp3]

In this class we discuss the standard of care for a negligence action.  Cases discussed are U.S. v. Carroll Towing, Bethel, Goodman, and Pokora. Click here to download the Classcaster audio. Play It Now! [audio:http://saltalamachiatorts3b2010.classcaster.net/files/2010/08/1283200291.2.mp3]

The facts of Carroll Towing are surprisingly complicated. In total there were 4 different corporate defendants, plus the federal government. While the docks of lower Manhattan are today relatively quiet, at the time of this case, which was 5 months before the Allies invaded Europe on D-Day, they were crowded and congested beyond limits, with […]

In this podcast is Class #2 August 25.  Cases discussed are Roessler v. Novak, Brown v. Kendall, and Adams v. Bullock. Click here to download the Classcaster audio. Play It Now! [audio:http://saltalamachiatorts3b2010.classcaster.net/files/2010/08/1282765803.9.mp3]