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