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| Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury on the person of another, when coupled with the apparent present ability to do so, and any intentional display of force such as would give the victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm |
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| any unlawful touching of another that is without justification of excuse |
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| holding up a person to ridicule, scorn, or contempt in a respectable and considerable part of the community. |
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| Define False Imprisonment |
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| conscious restraint of the freedom of a person without proper authorization, privilege, or consent. |
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| intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing a person to rely on the false information to his or her detriment |
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| person's agreement to allow something to happen that is based on full disclosure of the facts needed to make the decision intelligently - that is, knowledge of risks involved, alternatives, benefits, and other information needed by a resonable person to make a decision. |
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| failure to do something that a reasonable person guided by the ordinary considerations that ordinarily regulate human affairs would do or the doing of somehitng a reasonable and prudent person would not do. |
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| meaning the thing speaks for itself; legal theory requiring 3 elements: 1. that the type of injury did not occur except for negligence, 2. that the activity was under the complete control of the defendant, and 3. that the plaintiff did not contribute to his or her own injury in any way. |
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| Define Respondeat Superior |
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| Meaning let the superior respond or master speaks for the servant; the physician, or supervisor, or employer may be liable in certain cases for the wrongful acts of employees or subordinates. |
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| Private or civil wrong or injury, other than breach of contract, for which the court provides a remedy in the form of an action for damages. |
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| Degree of skill, knowledge, and care ordinarily possessed and employed by members in good standing within the profession. |
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