Background
Gray, Oscar S. was born on October 18, 1926 in New York, New York, United States.
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The opinions included in this law school casebook are designed for teaching case analysis and the social and economics consequences of legal decisions. Enough of the majority, and often the dissent opinion is presented to illustrate how the case fits with precedents and allows students to evaluate the arguments on either side of the case. It emphasizes accidents and the role of fault in society’s management of their costs, and the historical basis for modern torts doctrines. It details intentional torts and a wide range of other non-accident wrongs.
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For more than seventy years, leading torts scholars at the Yale Law School and elsewhere have used this casebook. It unconventionally begins with strict liability. A recent study published by the Arizona State Law Journal shows that this sequence results in students experiencing a greater appreciation of “the judge’s role as being influenced by social, economic, and ideological factors and a sense of fairness and less as a process of rule application than do students who begin their study with either intentional torts or negligence.” The Sixth Edition is more accessible to students because of substantially expanded textual explanations and more tightly edited opinions. Updates include frequent discussions of Restatement (Third) provisions and a significant number of recently decided cases including several from the Supreme Court addressing products preemption, displacement in climate change litigation, and First Amendment limits on liability for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Comprehensive Changes • A new appendix to the casebook, “The Litigation Process,” facilitates the student’s introduction to the torts litigation process. • Relevant provisions of the recently adopted Restatement (Third) of Torts are quoted throughout the text. • The Sixth Edition adds an unusual number of recently decided cases, including several from the Supreme Court of the United States addressing issues such as preemption, displacement in climate change litigation, and First Amendment limits on the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress. • The amount of textual explanation in introductions and in notes has been greatly expanded to facilitate the student’s understanding. In addition, the enhanced notes often ask students to consider newly added questions as they read the opinions and prepare for classroom discussion. • The excerpted opinions are more tightly edited. • The chapter in the previous edition that addressed damages has been split into two chapters, one covering “Damages” and the other, “Other Limitations on Liability Based on Type of Harm.”
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Gray, Oscar S. was born on October 18, 1926 in New York, New York, United States.
Bachelor, Yale University, New Haven, 1948. Juris Doctor, Yale University, New Haven, 1951.
Attorney-adviser legal adviser's office, unites states department State, Washington, 1951-1957;
secretary, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation, Apollo, Pennsylvania, 1957-1964;
treasurer, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation, Apollo, Pennsylvania, 1957-1967;
vice president, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation, Apollo, Pennsylvania, 1964-1971;
director, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation, Apollo, Pennsylvania, 1964-1967;
special counsel, Presidential Task Force on Communications Policy, Washington, 1967-1968;
consultant, unites states department Transportation, Washington, 1967-1968;
acting director office environmental impact, unites states department Transportation, Washington, 1968-1970;
sole practice, Washington, since 1970;
sole practice, Baltimore, since 1971. Adjunct Professor, professorial lecturer Law Center Georgetown University, Washington, 1970-1971. Lecturer Catholic U. American, Washington, 1970-1971.
Associate professor of University Maryland., Baltimore, 1971-1974, professor, 1974-1993, Jacob A. France professor of torts, 1993-1996, professor emeritus, since 1996. Visiting professor U. Tennessee, 1977.
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Member of American Bar Association, District of Columbia Federation of Civic Associations (parliamentarian 1991-1999, 2000-2004), District of Columbia Bar, American Law Institute (adviser Restatement of the Law, Third, Torts: Products Liability), Selden Society (state correspondent Maryland), Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif.