Intentional Torts Flashcards


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Battery

Intentionally causes harmful or offensive contact without consent

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Assault

Acting intentionally, with either general or specific intent, causing reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive contact

Must be aware of actions

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False Imprisonment

Intent to confine a person

Victim did not give consent to confinement and was harmed

Confinement was significant in causing harm

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Trespass to Land

Defendant entered onto the land

Land belonged to another individual

Defendant did not have consent to enter

Damages

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Trespass to Chattels

Dispossesses the other of the chattel

Chattel is impaired as to its condition, quality, or value

Possessor is deprived of the use of the chattel for a substantial time

Bodily harm is caused to the possessor, or harm is caused to some person or thing in which the possessor has a legally protected interest

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Conversion

The plaintiff's ownership or right to possession of the property

The defendant’s conversion by wrongful act inconsistent with the property rights of the plaintiff

Damages

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Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

Conduct must be intentional or reckless

Conduct must be extreme or outrageous

Must be a causal connection between the wrongful conduct and the emotional distress

The emotional distress must be severe