Acknowledgements

• Author: Eric E. Johnson
• Pages: 20-21

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Acknowledgements

(For both volumes)

First and foremost, I want to acknowledge and thank my students,

particularly my torts students over the years at the University of

North Dakota. They helped me immeasurably to grow as a teacher,

and they provided invaluable feedback for the early forms of material

that evolved into this casebook. A particular note of thanks is due my

2014-2015 and 2015-2016 torts students. Many of them went above -

and-beyond-the-call in helping me ferret out typos and rework

unclear passages. Since they are current students, I won’t list names,

but I am truly indebted to them. I also owe thanks to the faculty,

staff, and administration at the University of North Dakota School of

Law for their considerable support.

Many other people lent me their time and advice to help with this

book. In particular, I grateful to Michael L. Corrado, Murray Tabb,

Patti Alleva, Paul LeBel, Keith Richotte, Adam Gutride, Jim

Dedman, Brian Schmidt, Devin Rogers, Pete Boll, Susan Carlson,

Karen Martin, Jan Stone, and, especially, my wife, Kit Johnson. I also

want to thank the anonymous reviewers who, through the CALI

editing process, provided excellent counsel.

In addition, I want to thank many people who have helped me in

indirect but important ways by having illuminating discussions with

me about torts – discussions that ultimately helped me frame the

explanations that appear in this book. Those people include Paul

Gowder, Sanne Knudsen, Sandra Sperino, John L. Watts, Bruce L.

Hay, Guido Calabresi, and, most especially, my own torts teacher,

Jon Hanson.

I am also grateful to Justice Raymond D. Austin who suggested

Benally v. Navajo Nation to me as a good teaching case, as well as

Jennifer L. Schulz for making the same suggestion with regard to

Dobson v. Dobson.

Finally, I want to warmly thank Deb Quentel and everyone at CALI

for supporting me in this endeavor. I am grateful to them not only