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What is an act?

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Volitional movement by defendant.

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Define intent?

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Either
specific-the goal in acting is to bring about specific consequences
General-the actor knows with substantial certainty that these consequences will result.

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What is the general rule of transferred intent?

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The transferred intent doctrine applies when the defendant intends to commit a tort against a person but:

  1. Commits a different tort against that person
  2. Commits the same tort against a different person
  3. Commits a different tort against a different person
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What are the only torts that involve transferred intent?

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Both the tort intended and the one committed must be:

  1. Assault
  2. Battery
  3. False imprisonment
  4. Trespass to land
  5. Trespass to chattels
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Is everyone capable of intent?

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Everyone is capable of intent. Young children, or mentally incompetent will be liable for intentional torts.

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What is causation?

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The result must have been legally caused by defendants act. Or something set in motion by him. Causation is satisfied if a conduct was a SUBSTANTIAL FACTOR in bringing about the injury.

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What are the elements of intentional torts?

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It must be an

  1. Act
  2. Intentional-specific or general
  3. There must be causation.
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What are the elements of battery?

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  1. Harmful or offensive contact
  2. to a plaintiffs person
    3 must have intent and causation
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How is harmful or offensive contact judged?

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Harmful and offensiveness are judged by a reasonable person standard.

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When is a contact considered offensive?

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Contact is considered offensive only if it has not been consented to however consent will be implied for ordinary contacts of everyday life.

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What is a direct or indirect contact

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Contact can be direct (as in striking) or indirect (as in setting a trap for plaintiffs to fall into)

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What is a plaintiffs person?

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A plaintiffs person includes anything connected to the plaintiff example clothing or a purse.

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What are the elements of assault?

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  1. An act
  2. by defendant
  3. creating a reasonable apprehension in plaintiff of immediate harmful or offensive contact to plaintiff’s person.
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Is apprehension fear?

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No apprehension is not fear.

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Is an apparent ability sufficient to cause apprehension?

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Yes if defendant has the apparent ability to commit a battery this will be enough to cause a reasonable apprehension.

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Are words alone sufficient to create liability For assault?

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No words alone are not sufficient for defendant to be liable the words must be coupled with conduct.

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Explain the requirement of immediacy (assault) ?

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Plaintiff must be apprehensive that she or he is about to become the victim of an immediate battery

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What is false imprisonment?

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False imprisonment is an act or omission (intentional not act) on the part of defendant that confines or restraints plaintiff to a bounded area

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What are the sufficient acts of restraint?

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Sufficient acts include 1. physical barriers 2. physical force 3. threat of force 4. failure to release and 5.invalid use of legal authority

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What are the insufficient method of confinement or restraint?

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Moral pressure and future threats.

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Is it relevant how short the period of time confinement is?

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It is irrelevant how short the period of time confinement is.

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Must plaintiff know that they are being confined under false imprisonment torts?

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Yes plaintiff must know of the confinement or be harmed to be liable for a tort of false imprisonment.

23
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Explain a bounded area?

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For an area to be bounded freedom of movement must be limited in all directions there must be no reasonable means of escape to plaintiff.

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What is an intentional infliction of emotional distress?

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An act by defendant amounting to extreme and outrageous conduct that is reckless and causes severe emotional distress

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Explain the term of art extreme and outrageous conduct?

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This is conduct that transcends all bounds of decency conduct that is not normally outrages may become so if it is continuous in nature it is directed towards a certain type of plaintiff or is committed by a certain type of defendant.

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Which is the only intentional tort that requires damages?

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Intentional infliction of emotional distress is the only intentional tort to the person that requires damages

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What are the elements of trespass to land?

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Physical invasion of plaintiffs real property.

28
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Define physical invasion?

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The invasion may be a person or object (example throwing a baseball into plaintiffs land is a trespass if intangible matter however enters the plaintiff may have a case for nuisance.

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Explain real property

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Real property includes not only the surface but also the airspace and subterranean space for reasonable distance.

30
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Does defendant need to know that they were trespassing in order to satisfy the intent requirement?

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No defendant does not need to know if defendant enters a particular piece of land that belongs to another he is in fact trespassing.

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Define trespass to chattel?

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In act by defendant that interferes with plaintiffs right of possession in a chattel.

32
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What are the two types of trespass to chattel?

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It may be Intermeddling (for example damaging the chattel) or disposition (example depriving plaintiffs of his lawful right of possession of the chattel)

33
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What are the elements of conversion?

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And act by defendant that interferes with plaintiffs right of possession in a chattel. the interference is so serious that it warrants requiring defendant to pay the chattels full value.

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What are the acts of conversion?

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  1. Wrongful acquisition ( or theft )
  2. Wrongful transfer
  3. Wrongful detention
  4. Substantially changing, severely damaging, or misusing a chattel.
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What are the remedies for conversion?

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Plaintiff may recover damages for Fairmax market value at the time of conversion or
possession of the chattel.

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Is consent a defense to intentional torts?

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Yes consent can be a defense however there will be a question was there a valid consent and did the defendant stay within the boundaries of consent?

37
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Explain express consent?

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Defendant is not liable to plaintiff if he expressively consent to defendants conduct. the exceptions will be: 1.mistake 2.consent induced by fraud and 3. consent obtained by duress.

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What is implied consent?

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Implied consent is apparent consent that a reasonable person would infer from custom and usage of plaintiffs conduct. ( example normal contacts as in sports or Dr. conduct.

39
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What is consent implied by law?

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Consent implied by law arises when an action is necessary to save a persons life or some important interest in a person or property.

40
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Explain the capacity requirements.

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Individuals without Capacity are deemed incapable of consent example incompetents, drunken persons, or very young children.

41
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Explain exceeding consent given?

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Defendant exceeds the scope of consent and does something substantially different he may be liable

42
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When is self-defense possible?

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When a person reasonably believes that he is being or is about to be attacked. he may use such force as is reasonably necessary to protect against injury.

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What are the questions of self defense?

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  1. The questions are is the privilege available?
    The tort must be about to be committed already committed torts do not qualify.
  2. is a mistake permissible as to whether what is being defended against is actually committed
  3. and was a proper amount of force used.
44
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Is deadly force ever acceptable for protection of property?

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No.

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