Personal Injury and the Law of Torts for Paralegals is a basic textbook for the paralegal torts course, emphasizing personal injury and medical information useful in litigating torts cases. It provides paralegal students with the foundational information on torts and to teach them how to apply the skills they will need when working as personal injury paralegals.
New to the Third Edition:
- Recent developments in the law incorporated through new examples throughout the text
- More assignments that reflect practice in the workplace, such as documenting damages and preparing trial exhibits
- More exercises included in every chapter
- Expanded coverage of Duty to Act in Chapter 2
- More on the differences between agents, employees, and independent contractors in Chapter 6
- Renzi v. Paredes, pertaining to loss of chance in medical malpractice law, added to Chapter 8.
- More on Easements and Adverse Possession in Chapter 10, including a new sidebar on when Trespassing to Land becomes Adverse Possession
- New sidebar on Stand Your Ground laws included in Chapter 11
- Expanded coverage of public nuisances in Chapter 13
