Torts: the Mixtape
Rap and hip-hop make up the majority of my iTunes library, and after a track helped us learn part of the UCC I started wondering if I could put together mixtapes to teach folks legal concepts.
And I’ve already got a couple candidates in Torts
First topic: negligence cases involving the violation of a statute. You’ve got 3 standards for treating a violation — negligence per se on one end, mere evidence of negligence on the other, and a rebuttable presumption of negligence in the middle. That is, a defendant is presumed negligent unless they plead…
Second topic: negligence and the social host rule. Normally a host is liable for serving alcohol to a visibly intoxicated guest. Â But apparently North Carolina is a minority jurisdiction on this and doesn’t actually apply it. So…
Any other suggestions?