TORTS

Name: TORTS
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Rating: 3.3 (1696 reviews)

LAW 715

Course Description

Introduction to torts. Roughly defined as civil wrong, independent of contract. Liability for physical and emotional harms inflicted by intentional misconduct or negligence, or without fault, and development of concepts and techniques in analyzing and solving tort problems.

Prerequisites

Declared in Law JD

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.27

22.23% from Historical

Completion Rate

98.88%

0.72% from Historical

A Rate

34.83%

43.04% from Historical

Class Size

-0.29% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

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