Personal Injury and the Law of Torts for Paralegals: [Connected Ebook] (Aspen Paralegal) 6th Edition

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook on Casebook Connect, including lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. Personal Injury and the Law of Torts for Paralegals, Sixth Edition, balances complete coverage of substantive torts topics with essential paralegal skills. Emily Lynch Morissette provides consistently clear writing and realistic examples that convey a working understanding of the role of the paralegal in tort cases. Teaching basic torts and skill development, the text features a logical organization, introducing substantive topics with an overview of the concepts and then moving through each element of negligence, followed by medical malpractice as a type of negligence, intentional torts, and workers’ compensation.New to the Sixth Edition: New examples and exercises throughout the textMeticulously updated throughout with citations to the current researchProfessors and students will benefit from: A wealth of clear and accessible examplesFact-based exercises that use real-life scenariosIntegrated treatment of ethicsPractice-based topics on medical record discovery, tort discovery, and litigationA consistent emphasis on medical information related to personal injury, such as how to obtain and understand medical records, including an introduction to medicine in the appendixHelpful pedagogy, including chapter objectives, marginal definitions, visual aids, case summaries, chapter summaries, and review questions Read more