Intentional Torts to the Person

Question 1

Battery

Answer 1

• Harmful or offensive contact
• Contact must be with the plaintiff’s person

Question 2

Assault

Answer 2

• Act by the defendant creating a reasonable apprehension in the plaintiff
• Of an immediate battery (harmful or offensive contact to
  the plaintiff’s person)

Question 3

false imprisonment

Answer 3

• An act or omission on the part of the defendant that confines or restrains the plaintiff
• The plaintiff must be confined to a bounded area

Question 4

intentional infliction of
emotional distress

Answer 4

• An act by the defendant amounting to extreme and outrageous conduct
• The plaintiff must suffer severe emotional distress