Torts: class 11

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1. CLASS 11 •The duty of reasonable care under the circumstances •Individual characteristics & the RP standard •Physical disability •Mental disability •Children •Instructing the jury about reasonable care under the circumstances •Extraordinarily dangerous activities •Sudden emergency
2. REFINING REASONABLENESS: THE REASONABLE PERSON UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES •Physical disability •Poyner v. Loftus •Mental disability •Creasy v. Rusk
3. REFINING REASONABLENESS: THE REASONABLE PERSON UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES •Children •Robinson v. Lindsay •General rule •Exception (or reversion) •Adult activities •Inherently dangerous activities
4. INFORMING THE JURY: REASONABLE CARE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES •Extraordinarily dangerous activities •Stewart v. Motts •The sudden emergency instruction •Myhaver v. Knutson
5. INFORMING 1LS: WHAT IS A CARBURETOR?