Intentional Torts To the Person

Question 1

Battery

Answer 1

Harmful or Offensive contact with the plaintiff’s person, with intent and causation.

Harmful/Offensive Contact = Objective Standard

No need to prove damages.

Question 2

Assault

Answer 2

Acts/Conduct giving rise to a reasonable apprehension of immediate harmful or offensive contact with the plaintiff’s person, with intent and causation.

Words alone are not enough.
Fear does not = apprehension

No need to prove damages.

Question 3

False Imprisonment

Answer 3

Act/Omission that restrain plaintiff to bound place with intent and causation.

Time contained is immaterial.
Future threats or moral pressures are insufficient to confine.
Plaintiff must know of confinement or be harmed by it.
Must be no Reasonable means of Escape Known to Plaintiff.

No need to prove damages.

Question 4

Intentional Infliction of Emotion Distress

Answer 4

Act/Conduct amounting to extreme and outrageous conduct, with intent or recklessness and causation.

Actual Damages Must Be Proven

Transcends all bound of decency tolerated in a decent society.