Kenneth W. Simons, Jonathan Cardi, Erin E. Murphy and Jennifer Morinigo | April 26, 2019 | Intentional Torts to Persons
The following entry contains the Scope Note appearing at the beginning of Chapter 2 – Consent, featured in Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons. This draft will be presented to membership at the 2019 Annual Meeting...
Kenneth W. Simons and Jonathan Cardi | December 6, 2018 | Intentional Torts to Persons
Abstract The five thoughtful, incisive articles by Professors Bernstein, Chamallas, Geistfeld, Moore, and Sugarman offer a breathtaking range of perspectives on the Restatement, Third of Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons (“ITR”). Some view tort law from the widest...
Jonathan Cardi, Kenneth W. Simons and Jennifer Morinigo | April 23, 2018 | Intentional Torts to Persons
In this video, project Reporters Ken Simons and Jonathan Cardi discuss what makes a confinement an intentional tort, including confinement by assertion of legal authority. Included below the video is the corresponding Black Letter and Comment from the 2018 Annual...
Jennifer Morinigo | October 24, 2017 | American Indian Law, Children and the Law, Conflict of Laws, Data Privacy, Intentional Torts to Persons, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct
At its meeting in New York City on October 19 and 20, The American Law Institute’s Council reviewed drafts for eight projects, with the following outcomes: Law of American Indians: The Council approved Council Draft No. 4, with the exception of § 33 Sovereign Immunity...
Mark Geistfeld | October 3, 2017 | Intentional Torts to Persons
According to the most recent draft of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons, the intentional torts protect the rightholder’s interests differently from negligence-based rules and strict liability, placing them into a distinct substantive...
