QUICKLINES

Question 1

Battery

Answer 1

actor (1) intentionally (2) causes (3) harmful or offensive contact with a victim

physical contact can be (1) direct (2) indirect or (3) remote

Contact is harmful when it impairs someone’s physical condition or causes physical pain or illness

contact is offensive if it would offend a reasonable person of ordinary fitness, unless the actor deliberately exploits the victim’s unusual sensitivity

Question 2

Assault

Answer 2

occurs if an actor engages in an overt physical act that is intended to and does in fact cause a victim to entertain a reasonable apprehension of an imminent battery