Acknowledgements

• Author: Eric E. Johnson
• Pages: 22-23

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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 torts students. Many of them went above-and-beyond-the-

call in helping me ferret out typos and rework unclear passages. 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, Patti Alleva,

Murray Tabb, Paul LeBel, Keith Richotte, James Grijalva, Adam

Gutride, Jim Dedman, Brian Schmidt, Devin Rogers, Pete Boll, Susan

Carlson, Karen Martin, Jan Stone, and 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 Sanne

Knudsen, Paul Gowder, 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

for their work with regard to this particular project, but also more