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8 Cards in this Set
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Battery |
Intentional, harmful or offensive contact with the plaintiffs person with the desire to bring suit an offensive contact or knowing that the harm is substantially certain to occur |
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Assault |
An intentional act that causes the plaintiff to be placed in reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact with the plaintiff’s person |
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False imprisonment |
Intentional act to restrain plaintiff in a fixed boundaries ( one with no reasonable means to escape) and the plaintiff is conscious of the condiment or is harmed by it |
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intentional infliction of emotional distress |
The defendant acted intentionally or recklessly; the defendant’s conduct was extreme and outrageous; caused extreme emotional distress and the plaintiff actually suffered extreme emotional distress |
Where such conduct is directed to third person, the defendant is liable if he intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress: (1) to a member of such person’s family hobos present at that time ; (2) to any other person present if such distress results in bodily harm. |
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Trespass to land |
The defendant intentionally either enters the land in possession of another; causes an object or a third person to enter the land of another; remains on the land; or fails to remove the object from the land that he is under a duty to remove. |
Intent to trespass is not required; the only intent required is that the defendant intended to enter or remain on the land |
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Trespass to chattels |
Defendant intentionally interferes with another’s person property and he amount of damage is small |
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Conversion |
Amount of interference is substantial, in which the converter is liable for the full market value of the chattel involved |
Mistaken ownership of the property is not defense to trespass to chattels and conversion |
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Doctrine of transferred intent |
The intent to harm one party maybe transferred to another party that was injured when the defendant had the intent to commit a crime or a tort against one particular individual and if the act of trying to accomplish that tort another was injured. Applies only to intentional torts |
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