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Torts flashcards
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09/23/2012

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Term
Five Classic Intentional Torts
Definition

Assault

Battery

Trespass to Land

Trespass to Chattels

False Imprisonment

Term
Two Types of Intent
Definition

Purpose

Knowledge to a substantial certainty

Term
Elements of Battery
Definition

1.Defendant acted with intent to batter

2. Defendant caused a harmful or offensive touching to plaintiff's person

Term
Elements of Assault
Definition

1. Defendent acted with intent to cause a reasonable apprehension of an imminent battery

2. That act caused plaintiff to suffer a reasonable apprehension of an imminent battery

3. Imminent means imminent; must be in range and must be occurring now, not in the future

Term
Elements of False Imprisonment
Definition

1) defendant acted with an intent to confine or restrain someone in a bounded area;

 (2) that act caused plaintiff to be knowingly confined or restrained in a bounded area without legal authority.

Term
IIED
Definition

1) extreme and outrageous conduct by the defendant;

(2) with intent to cause plaintiff to suffer severe emotional distress;

(3) causing plaintiff severe emotional distress

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