Intentional Torts (Ch. 3)

Question 1

Assault

Answer 1

intentional causing of an apprehension of harmful or offensive contact

Question 2

Battery

Answer 2

Intentional infliction of a harmful or offensive contact upon a person

Question 3

Chattel

Answer 3

personal property

Question 4

Conversion

Answer 4

Substantial interference with another’s property to the extent that justice demands payment for the full value of the property

Question 5

false imprisonment

Answer 5

intentional confinement of another

Question 6

intentional tort

Answer 6

Tort in which the tortfeasor intends to bring about a particular consequence or know with substantial certainty that a result will occur

Question 7

necessity

Answer 7

Privilege that justifies the defendant’s harming of the plaintiff’s property in an effort to prevent great harm to the defendant or others

Question 8

trespass to chattels

Answer 8

Class definition: Physical contact with the plaintiff’s personal property

Question 9

trespass to land

Answer 9

Class definition: Physical contact with plaintiff’s land, something attached to the land, or the usable airspace above the land

Question 10

What are some defenses to Intentional Torts?

Answer 10

Consent (express, implied, custom)
Self-Defense
  -Defense of Others
  -Defense of Property
Necessity:
  -Public Necessity
  -Private Necessity
Regaining Possession of Chattels
Reentry on Land

Question 11

Does the Transferred Intent Doctrine apply to Assault, Battery, and False Imprisonment?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

Name 4 requirements for Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress to apply.

Answer 12

Conduct is intentional or reckless
Conduct is extreme and outrageous
Causal connection between conduct and distress
Emotional distress is SEVERE