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Torts and Personal Injury Resource GuideThis selective guide highlights major print and electronic resources available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students researching issues in Torts and Personal Injury Law. Please contact the Law Library's Research Services librarians during their Research Services hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu for help in locating these or other resources to meet your needs.
Major Treatises and Practice Guides Searching Scholar and OhioLINK Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services Aggregate Files and Other Web Resources
Introduction:
Tort law concerns injuries to and interference with persons or property,
including intentional wrongs such as assault, battery and false imprisonment,
and unintentional wrongs, especially the law of negligence and products
liability. Causation, duty, contributory negligence, assumption of risk
and immunities are important tort law concepts. Federal Tort Claims Act 28 U.S.C., Chapter 171 (via Legal Information Institute) Establishes conditions for which the United States may be held liable for injuries caused by its employees in the scope of their employment Ohio Court of Claims Act Ohio Revised Code Ch 2743 et. seq. Establishes conditions for which the state of Ohio can be held liable for injuries caused by its officers and employees. See also Civil Actions, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2307 et. seq., Political Subdivision Tort Immunity, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2744 et. seq.; Employment Intentional Tort, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2745; Slander; Libel, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2739 et. seq. Damages in Tort Actions, Ohio Revised Code 2315.18-21 For analysis of recent Ohio tort reform legislation, see: 2005 Ohio Tort Reform Legislation: An Analysis of Senate Bill 80, Effective April 7, 2005 / James T. O'Reilly. LexisNexis, 2005 KFO195.A9631 2005 Senate Bill 80: Tort Reform / Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, 2005 KFO195.A75 S4 2005 Tort Law: Tort Reform Legislation Companion / Christopher M. Ernst, Thomson/West, 2005- (Volume Two) KFO195 .E78 2005
LexisNexis - Ohio Tort Cases Ohio product liability, medical malpractice and personal injury case law decided by the Ohio Supreme Court, Ohio Court of Appeals and various Ohio Miscellaneous Courts. See also Federal and States Cases --Selected Tort Material (Includes U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal District Courts and State tort Case law for all 50 States plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories as well as specialty courts such as Military Appeals, Customs, Patents, Tax, Trade, Commerce, Veteran Appeals and Bankruptcy). Westlaw - OHTRT-CS Cases from Ohio state courts that relate to civil actions for injuries intentionally or negligently caused to persons or property. Coverage begins with 1821. See also Multi State Database - MTRT-CS Cases from the state courts of all 50 states and the District of Columbia that relate to civil actions for injuries intentionally or negligently caused to persons or property. See also Key Number Service Topics ( Topical Materials by Area of Practice - Tort Law - State Cases - Key Number Service topics). See also Federal Tort Claims Cases - FEDTORT-CS CIS Legislative Histories -- U.S. Public laws --Tort Issues from 1970 (via LexisNexis) The file contains histories of laws pertaining to Mass Torts-Accidents law. American Tort Reform Association's ATRA Tort Reform Record - published twice a year, includes state-by-state summary of ATRA supported reforms enacted since 1986.
Major Treatises and Practice Guides
The Law of Torts / by Dan B. Dobbs. West Group, 2000 KF1250 .D6 2000 Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts, 5th ed. / W. Page Keeton, general editor. West Pub. Co., 1984 KF1250 .P73 1984 No longer updated, "Prosser on Torts" was long acknowledged as the standard secondary authority on tort law. Restatement of the Law, Second, Torts 2d. American Law Institute Publishers, 1965- KF1249.A4 A43 LexisNexis (Legal—Secondary Legal—Restatements—Torts-- Rules; Case citations ) Westlaw (Rest-Torts ) Restatement of the Law, Torts : Apportionment of Liability, as adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute. American Law Institute, 2000- KF1249.A4 R47 LexisNexis (Legal—Secondary Legal—Restatements—Torts---- Rules ; Case citations ) Westlaw ( Rest-Torts ) Restatement of the Law, Torts : Products Liability : as adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute . American Law Institute Publishers, 1998 - KF1296 .R477 LexisNexis (Legal—Secondary Legal—Restatements—Torts— Rules ; Case citations ) Westlaw (Rest-Torts) A Concise Restatement of Torts / compiled by Kenneth S. Abraham and Albert Clark Tate, Jr American Law Institute Publishers, 2000 KF1249.A4 A24 2000 Damages in Tort Actions / Marilyn Minzer, editorial director ... [et al.] ; M. Bender, 1982- KF1250 .D35 LexisNexis (Legal-Area of Law-By Topic-Torts- Treatises and Analytical Materials - Matthew Bender) Federal Tort Claims / Daniel A. Morris. West Group, 1993- KF1321 .M67 1993 Westlaw-FEDTORT
Stein on Personal Injury Damages 3rd ed. West Group, c1997- KF1257 .S7 1997 Westlaw-STEIN Tort Law / Christopher M. Ernst Thomson/West, 2005- (Baldwin's Ohio Practice Series) KFO195 .E78 2005 Currently, the only comprehensive Ohio specific tort law treatise. Volume Two contains complete text and analysis of recent tort reform legislation. Westlaw - OHIOPRAC-TORT Exploring Tort Law / edited by M. Stuart Madden. Cambridge University Press, 2005 KF1250.A2 .E97 2005
Ohio Board of Bar Examiners, Outline of Subjects Tested on Essay Portion of Ohio Bar Examination (Columbus, OH: Supreme Court of Ohio 1984-) Reserve KFO 76 .Z9 O8546 Outlines the subjects tested on the essay portion of the Ohio Bar Examination in order to provide a guide to bar examiners in drafting the essay questions. The Torts section in the November 2002 edition provides citation to legal authorities in torts as a convenience to the bar examiners and includes outlines for Intentional torts, Negligence, Causation, Allocation of Liability, Trespass, Nuisance and Strict Liability, Products Liability, Interference with Relationships, Misuse of Legal Process, Wrongful Death and Survival, and Damages.
For an introduction to study methods and learning about torts, listen to the CALI podcasts How to Prepare for the Study of Torts Law at CALIRadio. , and Professor Douglas McFarland's Advice to a 1L From a Law Professor (If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Student, and have not yet accessed CALI via our Law School subscription, Students click here) The following list from the CALI Library of Lessons highlights tort law tutorials available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Students. You must register a personal password with CALI to use these tutorials. Assault; Battery Basics; Battery Puzzlers Damages for Harms to Interest and Enjoyment; Damages for Harms to Interests in Physical Integrity of Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Possessory Interests in Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Real Property; Damages for Injuries that Cause Death; Damages for Personal Injuries; Fundamentals of Damages for Harms to Personal Property; General Concepts of Damages in Torts Causation in Fact; Proof of Causation in Fact; Intervening Cause; Res Ipsa Loquitor; Palsgraf v. Long Island RR Co. podcast Basic Issues in Defamation and Privileges; Constitutional Issues in Defamation; Libel and Slander Consent as a Defense to Intentional Torts; Intent One: The Use of Intent in Tort; Intent Two: Computer-Aided Intent Questions; Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress; Intentional Torts Assumption of Risk; Comparative Fault; Contributory Negligence and Last Clear Chance; Negligence Occupier's Liability to Invitees and Licensees; Occupier's Liability to Trespassers Basic Issues in the Right of Privacy; Constitutional Issues in the Right of Privacy Liability for Defectively Designed Products; Liability for Defectively Manufactured Products Strict Liability and Animals; Strict Liability: Abnormally Dangerous and Ultrahazardous Activities Children and Others of Diminished Capacity; Civil and Criminal Statutes; Conversion; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; False Imprisonment; General Professional Standard; Multiple Defendants; Reasonable Person; The Role of the Jury in Torts Cases; Sprague Case: Child Injury in Tort Law; Trespass to Chattels
Search the main subject heading Torts and Torts – United States in SCHOLAR, and OhioLINK catalogs as well as the following related subject headings for additional materials:
Journal
Articles and Current Awareness Services
Selected specialty current awareness materials in Tort and Personal Injury Law include: Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association K6 .O78 Also available electronically via LexisNexis Academic; Westlaw - TTPILJ The National Jury Verdict Review and Analysis Jury Verdict Review Publications, Inc., 1985- KF1247.8 .N36 Westlaw - JVRPNAT-JV LexisNexis
Aggregate Files and Other Web ResourcesWestlaw: Topical Materials by Area of Practice - Torts (
All Databases -
Topical Materials by Area of Practice - Tort Law) LexisNexis - Area of Law by Topic - Torts Searchable databases include federal and state tort cases, court rules, statutes and legislative materials, administrative materials and regulations, legal reference materials, medical & healthcare journals, medical news and references, patents, jury verdicts, Mealey publications, law reviews and journals, treatises and analytical materials, legal and general news. Findlaw: Injury and Tort Law ; Findlaw Library - Torts Legal Information Institute: Law About...Tort Law |
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