Search All Courses

Torts

Course Description

Torts is the study of civil wrongs, i.e., liability for harm caused by wrongful acts that violate non-contractual duties imposed by law. The course examines private remedies for civil wrongs. It covers various theories of liability, including negligence, intentional torts, and strict liability, and the policies and principles that underlie those theories. The course also covers third party liability, privileges, and damages. This course, therefore, provides a foundation for other parts of the curriculum, for example, Environmental Law, Law and Medicine, Economic Analysis of Law, and Insurance Law.

Current and Previous Instructors

Key to Codes in Course Descriptions

P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course

Currently Scheduled Sections

CRN: 91716

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Wed: 2:10-4:10
    Fri: 10:55-12:55

    Day

  • Richard Boldt

  • 30 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Harry Shulman, Fleming James, Jr., Oscar S. Gray, Donald G. Gifford, Law of Torts: Cases and Materials 6th edition , Foundation Press , Hardbound 2015

    ISBN: 9781609302672

CRN: 93662

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Mon: 6:30-9:00
    Thurs: 6:30-7:50

    Evening

  • Diane Hoffmann

  • 10 openings. (Limit 25). 2E only

CRN: 92832

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Mon: 9:50-11:50
    Thurs: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Diane Hoffmann

  • 30 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

CRN: 92831

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Tues: 8:45-10:45
    Thurs: 2:10-4:10

    Day

  • Christopher Mathis

  • 30 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Dan Dobbs , Paul Hayden, Ellen Bublick , Dobbs, Hayden, and Bublick's Torts and Compensation, Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury, Concise, 9th , West Academic Publishing , 08/01/2022

    ISBN: 9781685614065

CRN: 90503

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Mon: 1:05-3:05
    Wed: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Daniel Rauch

  • 30 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Douglas Kysar, James Henderson, Richard Pearson, The Torts Process - 9th Edition , Wolters Kluwer , Book/2017

    ISBN: 978-1454875697

    Note this is an older, hence more affordable, edition. It’s readily available, new or used, at Amazon.com or other retailers.

CRN: 90504

  • Fall '25
  • 4
  • Tues: 10:25-12:25
    Thurs: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Donald Gifford

  • 60 openings. (Limit 60). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Course Pack