LAW 318 - Business Torts

The typical first-year Torts class focuses on torts that primarily cause personal injury and/or property damage. Business torts have a different focus - such torts often cause pure economic loss, i.e., economic harm without any accompanying personal injury or property damage. Think of a business tort, therefore, as tortious conduct that primarily harms a plaintiff’s wallet rather than her person or things. This course will emphasize the operation of various business torts and will examine the torts’ applicability to particular business or economic settings. This course will be graded primarily by a final examination.