1. Legal approaches to negligence and words -- 2. Why words? Mere words? -- 3. Competing tensions: economic loss and economic reality -- 4. Expansion and contraction: go directly to Anns, pass Donoghue v Stevenson -- 5. Resolving modern forms of informational injury -- 6. Restricting and expanding liability -- 7. Predictions and prognoses (aspects of medical negligence) -- 8. The lawyer and the law -- 9. Lender liability looms (the increasing extent of bank/lender/financier liability) -- 10. Risky business -- 11. Words and warnings of public authorities and figures -- 12. Linking negligent words with trade practices claims -- 13. Negligent words and communication of news -- 14. The suspense accounts of contract and tort
Analysis
Negligent misstatement
Notes
"Chapter 13 largely contributed by Alison Smith."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index
