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115. Pleadings; Allegations Respecting Knowledge

116. Instructions to Jury

117. Functions of Court and Jury

118. Damages Recoverable

EVIDENCE

119. In General

120. Other Accidents or Absence Thereof

121. Subsequent Changes or Repairs

122. Opinions of Experts and Others

123. Inference from Fact of Injury; Res Ipsa Loquitur

124. Cases to Which Doctrine Res Ipsa Loquitur Applies

125. Burden of Proof in General

126. Burden as to Contributory Negligence, "Assumption of Risk"

IX. Defenses; Contributory Negligence

GENERALLY

127. Improper Attention to Injury

128. Violation of Statute at Time of Injury

CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE IN GENERAL

129. Meaning of "Contributory Negligence"

130. Fault of Employee as Defense to Violation of Statute
131. Theory that Employee's Fault Wholly Bars Recovery
132. Degree of Care Required to Be Exercised
133. Pleading and Proof of Contributory Negligence
134. Abolition of Defense; Employers' Liability Acts

KNOWLEDGE OR NOTICE OF DANGER GENERALLY

135. Knowledge as Ground for Denying Recovery

136. Economic Soundness of Principle; Statutory Changes 137. Activity to Discover Danger; Inspection

138. Reliance on Employer to Exercise Care

139. Age, Experience and Understanding of Employee

140. What Constitutes Knowledge; Forgetfulness

141. Knowledge of Defect Distinguished from Appreciation of Peril

COMPLAINT TO EMPLOYER AND PROMISE TO REMOVE DANGER

142. Efficacy of Promise to Fix Liability of Employer

143. Economic Foundation of Doctrine

144. Sufficiency of Promise-Reliance Thereon

145. Period during Which Promise Is Effective

146. Dangers Which May Be Subject of Promise

EMERGENCIES

147. Sudden Peril or Emergency as Excuse for Conduct 148. Saving of Life or Property

COMMANDS AND ASSURANCES OF SAFETY

149. Compliance with Direction of Employer Generally 150. Assurance that No Danger Exists

151. Dangers Fully Comprehended by Employee

DISREGARD OF RULES, ORDERS, WARNINGS

152. Effect of Disregard or Disobedience Generally
153. Knowledge of Existence of Rule or Order
154. Validity and Applicability of Regulation
155. Nullification of Regulations by Nonobservance

PROXIMATE CAUSE OF INJURY

156. Liability as Depending on Proximate Cause 157. Supervening Negligence of Employer

INSTRUMENTALITIES CAUSING INJURIES

158. Generally

159. Mines; Quarries

160. Railroads in General

161. Appreciation of Peril; Commands; Emergencies 162. Reliance on Railroad Company to Exercise Care 163. Disobedience of Rules of Company

X. Assumption of Risk

GENERALLY

164. Origin, Import, and Foundation of Doctrine

165. Relation to Negligence and Contributory Negligence

166. Pleading; Burden of Proof; Functions of Court and Jury 167. Risks "Assumed; " "Ordinary" Perils of Employment

168. Employer's Negligence as Included among Risks "Assumed" 169. Violations of Statutes as Risks "Assumed"

170. Violation of Law Forbidding Employment of Children 171. Statutes Affecting Doctrine

KNOWLEDGE OR NOTICE OF DANGER GENERALLY

172. Knowledge as Ground for Denying Recovery

173. Comparative Knowledge of Employer and Employee

174. Pleading and Proof of Knowledge on Part of Employee 175. Activity of Employee to Discover Danger-Inspection

176. Reliance on Employer to Perform His Duties

177. Age, Experience and Understanding of Employee

178. What Constitutes Knowledge; Forgetfulness

179. Knowledge of Defect Distinguished from Appreciation of Peril

COMPLAINT TO EMPLOYER AND PROMISE TO REMOVE DANGER

180. Efficacy of Promise to Fix Liability of Employer

181. Foundation of Theory Placing Liability on Employer 182. Sufficiency of Promise; Reliance Thereon

183. Period during Which Promise Is Effective 184. Dangers Which May Be Subject of Promise

COMMANDS AND ASSURANCES OF SAFETY

185. Compliance with Direction of Employer Generally 186. Assurance that No Danger Exists

187. Dangers Fully Comprehended by Employee

188. Generally

INSTRUMENTALITIES CAUSING INJURIES

189. Mines; Quarries

190. Railroads in General

191. Appreciation of Peril; Commands; Emergencies 192. Reliance on Railroad Company to Perform Duties

XI. Fellow Servant Doctrine

GENERALLY

193. Import of Doctrine in General

194. Origin and Foundation of Doctrine

195. Applicability to Modern Conditions

196. Contributory Fault of Employer or Stranger

197. Pleading and Proof; Functions of Court and Jury

COMPETENCY OF COEMPLOYEES

198. Basis of Employer's Liability; Knowledge of Incompetency 199. Activity to Discover Incompetency; Inquiry; Investigation 200. Removal of Incompetents; Warning of Incompetency to Others 201. Knowledge of Incompetency by Injured Employee

202. Reliance on Employer to Provide Competent Coemployees 203. Complaint to Employer and Promise to Remove Incompetent 204. What Constitutes Incompetency; Relation to Negligence

205. Proof of Incompetency and Knowledge; Reputation; Specific Acts

NONDELEGABLE DUTIES OF EMPLOYER

206. Import of Rule in General

207. Warning, Instruction, Orders, Signals 208. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations

209. Safety of Place of Working

210. Safety of Tools, Machinery and Appliances

211. Number and Competency of Coemployees 212. Inspection of Instrumentalities

213. Statutory Requirements

SUPERIOR SERVANT RULE

214. Liability of Employer for Acts of Superior Employees 215. Foundation of Liability; Knowledge of Danger

216. Obedience of Orders of Superior; Scope of Authority 217. Character of Act as Determinative of Liability

218. Power of Control or Superintendence as Factor

219. Control of Branch or Department of Business

220. Foremen or Bosses and Laborers; Captains and Crews
221. Power of Employing and Discharging Inferiors
222. Injury to Superior by Act of Inferior

IDENTITY OF EMPLOYER AND PURPOSE-CONSOCIATION IN WORK 223. Service for Same Employer and Purpose as Test of Liability 224. Consociation in Employment as Criterion of Fellow Service 225. Employees in Different Departments of Same General Service 226. Employees of Different Masters Engaged in Common Work

227. In General

228. Trainmen inter Se

RAILROAD EMPLOYEES

229. Trainmen on Different Trains or Cars

230. Trainmen and Other Employees of Company

231. Trainmen and Despatchers, Telegraph Operators, or Signalmen 232. Pullman Car Employees; Postal Clerks

233. Generally

STATUTES ABROGATING DOCTRINE

234. Statutes Relating to Railroad Employees

235. Character of Railroad Contemplated by Statutes

C. WRONGS TO THIRD PERSONS

XII. Employer's Liability for Wrongs of Employee

236. General Rule of Liability

GENERALLY

237. Corporation's Liability for Wrongs of Employees 238. Infant's Liability on Ground of Representation 239. Degree of Care Required of Employee

240. Extent of Recovery; Punitive Damages

241. Joinder of Employer and Employee

EXISTENCE OF RELATION OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE

242. Generally

243. Power of Selection and Control; Independent Contractors

244. Performance of Special Service for Other than General Employer 245. Subagents or Assistants Engaged by Employees

246. Special Police Officers Publicly Commissioned

FOUNDATIONS OF EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY

247. Generally; Sic Utere Tuo ut Alienum Non Laedas

248. Opportunity Afforded by Position of Employee

249. Dangerous Instrumentalities Placed under Employee's Control 250. Incompetency of Offending Employee; Competency as Defense 251. Performance of Public Service; Carriers; Innkeepers

252. Authorization Express or Implied

RELATION OF ACT TO EMPLOYMENT IN RESPECT OF CHARACTER

253. Acts Impliedly Authorized or within Scope of Employment 254. Meaning of "Scope of Employment"

255. Ignorance, Disapproval, Prohibition of Act by Employer

256. Wilful, Malicious or Intentional Wrongs

257. Ratification; Retention of Offender in Employment

XIII. Particular Wrongs

GENERALLY

258. Negligence, Carelessness, Heedlessness

259. Torts Constituting Crimes

260. Libel and Slander

261. Injuries to Property; Fraud, Theft, Conversion

262. Trespass to Land; Setting Fires

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· 276. English Act and State Statutes Copied Therefrom 277. State Statutes Affecting Doctrines of Negligence 278. Fellow Servant Doctrine

279. In General

FEDERAL STATUTES

280. Purpose and General Effect

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