Intentional Torts

Question 1

List torts where transferred intent applies

Answer 1

5of7 intentional torts
Assault, battery, False imprisonment, trespass to land, trespass to chattel
Can transfer from 1 person to another or
From 1 tort to another

Question 2

Intentional Torts where damages is required

Answer 2

3 of 7

IIED, trespass to chattels, conversion

Question 3

Assault

Answer 3

Act intended to cause reasonable apprehension of imminent contact

Question 4

All intentional torts have…..?

Answer 4

Act, intent, causation

Question 5

Battery

Answer 5

Act intended to cause harmful or offensive contact to plaintiff or his person

Question 6

False Imprisonment

Answer 6

Act by D intended to confine P within fixed boundaries
Note:
-P must be conscious of confinement OR harmed by it
-length of time irrelevant

Question 7

IIED

Answer 7

Extreme and outrageous act intended to cause severe emotional distress

• E&O:beyond bounds of common decency
• damages required (emotional distress)

Question 8

DEFENSE: Private Necessity

Answer 8

Privilege to interfere with real or personal property of another when reasonably necessary

• NOT COMPLETE DEFENSE
• P liable for damages
• only privileged for trespass not damage

Question 9

Conversion

Answer 9

Act of dominion or control intended to cause serious interference with P’s right to immediate possession

• Mistake is no defense
• remember trespass to chattel is mere inter meddling