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    The Intentional Tort

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    The Intentional Tort An intentional tort requires intent to commit an act‚ the consequences of which interfere with the personal or business interests of another in a way not permitted by law. It does not have to be an evil or harmful motive behind the tort. As a matter of fact tort law says intent means that the person intended the consequences of his or her act and knew with certainty that certain consequences would result from the act. The tort I will be discussing is assault and battery.

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    Intentional Tort

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    Intentional Tort is a purposeful act committed by a person against another person that results in harm. In this case it is a nursing assistant harming a patient. An example is a nurse put poison in the patient’s food to inflict harm on them. The case I found was about 16 year old Rachelle Harris. On July 4th‚ 1988 Rachelle tried to commit suicide and was checked into a psychiatric unit of Baptist Hospital. Rachelle was then raped by a nursing assistant on July 16th‚ 1988. Dr. Isabelle L. Ochsner

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    Intentional Torts

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    Intentional Tort of Defense Erica Davis Introduction to Tort June 7‚ 2012 Facts On a Saturday night there were an incident between two males and a female in a bar called Bottom’s Up. A man name John had too much to drink and was intoxicated. He was shouting obscenities toward a lady name Jane that was sitting at a table next to another guy name Leroy‚ which he was a frequent customer. However‚ Jane ignored John and continued to drink her beer. When she ignored him than he approached her looking

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    compensation if they’re hurt due to someone else’s negligence‚ but there are many other torts that can lead to a personal injury suit. Vincent Criscuolo & Associates‚ a Rochester personal injury attorney committed to helping injured people get the compensation they deserve‚ explains some of the other common torts‚ as well as the defenses insurance companies and defendants might use to defeat a claim. Common Torts Intentional torts are circumstances in which an individual intended to cause actual harm to the

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    TORTS ESSAY ONE Scenario: Pilot‚ Dan and Farmer In order to understand this scenario one must grasp the types of torts. We have intentional torts; negligence; and strict liability. (Torts.uslegal.com‚ 2015‚ Types of Torts - Torts. Retrieved 4 May 2015‚ from http://torts.uslegal.com/types-of-torts). An intentional tort is basically a “civil wrong doing” that happens when the “wrong doer” intentionally causes damages to another. (Torts.uslegal.com‚ 2015‚ Types of Torts - Torts. Retrieved

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    * Intentional Torts – involve intentional‚ rather than merely careless conduct; assault/battery‚ invasion of privacy‚ false imprisonment‚ trespass to land & the interference with chattels. * It is enough if one intends to do the act even if they did not intend to do wrong or cause damage b/c the law wants to protect property interests. ASSAULT AND BATTERY * Assault – occurs when the defendant intentionally causes the plaintiff to reasonably believe that offensive bodily contact is imminent;

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    Intentional Tort Paper Unit 3 Holly Cord Kaplan University PA165-01 Intentional Torts Black’s Law Dictionary defines assault as “the threat or use of force on another that causes that person to have a reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact.” This means that the tortfeasor does not have to make physical contact with the victim. The victim only needs to be placed under a reasonable amount of fear that the physical contact will occur. In fact if physical contact does

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    Nursing Jurisprudence Assignment #2 1. Intentional torts share three common elements as described in the text on page 113:  There must be a volitional or willful act by the defendant.  The person so acting must intend to bring about the consequences or appear to have intended to bring about the consequences.  There must be causation. The act must be a substantial factor in bringing about the injury or consequences. Examples of intentional tort include: assault‚ battery‚ false imprisonment

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    1. Which torts protect against the intentional interference with persons? The torts that protect against the intentional interference are the following: Assault which is an intentional‚ unexcused act that creates in another person a reasonable apprehension or fear of im-mediate harmful or offensive contact. Battery‚ that is an unexcused‚ harmful‚ or offensive physical contact intention¬ally performed. False imprisonment is the intentional confinement or restraint of another person without justifi¬cation

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    Intentional Action

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    The Concept of Intentional Action Abstract The concept of intentional action‚ which is the notion of how people assign blame/praise unto actions and how they consider them to be intentional or unintentional has been a subject of discussion within the area of philosophical theories of the mind and folk psychology. To investigate whether people assign moral considerations with regard to actions and how they consider them intentional/unintentional‚ 6 people were given a 5 question questionnaire to

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