Battery Flashcards

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Elements of Battery

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A defendant is liable to the plaintiff for battery if the plaintiff can prove with a preponderance of evidence that:

(1) The defendant and plaintiff made bodily contact (direct or indirect);
(2) The contact was harmful of offensive;
(3) The defendant caused the contact;
(3) The defendant intended the contact or apprehension of contact.

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