Intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability concepts at an intro business law course level.
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- What is battery?
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An intentional, unpermitted contact with another person's body that causes harm or offense.- What are the four elements of battery?
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Intent, an act, contact with the victim's person (including clothing), and harm or offense.- What is assault?
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An intentional act that creates an apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact.- Does assault require actual contact with the victim?
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No. Assault requires only the apprehension of imminent contact, not actual physical contact.- What is false imprisonment?
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The intentional confinement of another person without consent or legal justification.- What three elements must be proven for false imprisonment?
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The defendant intended to confine, the plaintiff was confined, and the plaintiff was aware of the confinement.- What is trespass to land?
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An intentional entry onto another person's land without consent or legal justification.- What is conversion?
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An intentional exercise of dominion over another's personal property that is so substantial it deprives the owner of the property.- What is intentional infliction of emotional distress?
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Conduct so extreme and outrageous that it causes severe emotional distress to another.- What three elements must be proven for intentional infliction of emotional distress?
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Extreme and outrageous conduct, intent or recklessness, and severe emotional distress.- What is consent as a defense to intentional torts?
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A valid defense when the plaintiff voluntarily agrees to the conduct and understands the risks involved.- What is negligence?
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The failure to exercise reasonable care that causes injury to another person.- What are the four elements of negligence?
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Duty of care, breach of duty, causation (actual and proximate), and damages.- What is the reasonable person standard?
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A legal standard that asks how a reasonably prudent person would have acted in the same circumstances.- What is a duty of care?
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A legal obligation to exercise reasonable care to avoid injuring others.
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