Sections 283A–283C, 286, 288A, and 328D are associated with children, disabilities, statutory standards, excuses, and res ipsa loquitur.
AUTHORITIES + STUDY NOTES
Chapter Three references.
This page identifies the principal authorities and doctrinal landmarks discussed in the supplied lesson and quiz. It is a study index, not a substitute for assigned casebooks, statutes, or jurisdiction-specific law.
Restatement provisions referenced
Sections 3, 10–12, 17, 39, 40, 42, and 51 address reasonable care, actor characteristics, res ipsa, continuing risks, special relationships, undertakings, and land duties.
Cases and analytical landmarks
Objective reasonable-person standard rather than the defendant’s personal best judgment.
Industry custom is relevant but not conclusive; an entire industry may lag behind reasonable prudence.
Risk-utility analysis expressed through the Hand formula: breach is supported when B is less than P multiplied by L.
Patient-oriented materiality and objective causation in informed-consent analysis.
Emergency conditions are circumstances within reasonable-care analysis, not automatic immunity.
Influential modern movement away from rigid entrant categories toward general reasonable care.
Limits on res ipsa where specific evidence supplies a complete explanation of the accident.
CSV route requirement
The flashcard system requests ./flashcards.csv. Keep that file in the same folder as index.html. The JavaScript and stylesheet remain inside the assets folder.
chapter-three/
index.html
references.html
flashcards.csv
assets/
data.js
chapter-three.js
chapter-three.css