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IntentionalTorts
1.  Battery
2.  Assault
3.  FalseImprisonment
4.  TrespasstoLand
5.  TrespasstoChattel
6.  Conversion
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IntentionalTorts
1.  Battery
2.  Assault
3.  FalseImprisonment
4.  TrespasstoLand
5.  TrespasstoChattel
6.  Conversion
7.  IntentionalInflictionofEmotional
Distress
StateRubbishCollectorsv.Siliznoff
— Assault?
— FalseImprisonment?
— IIED–intentionallycausingsevere
emotionaldistresstoanother
— PolicyConsiderations?
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Slocumv.FoodFairStores
— Whetheractwasextremeand
outrageousenough?
— merevs.severeemotionaldistress
— objectiveorsubjectivestandard?
IntentionalInflictionofEmotionalDistress
1.“Intent”
•  SpecificIntentor
•  GeneralIntentor
•  Recklessly
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IntentionalInflictionofEmotionalDistress
1.“Intent”
•  SpecificIntentor
•  GeneralIntentor
•  Recklessly
2.Act
•  ExtremeandOutrageousConduct
IntentionalInflictionofEmotionalDistress
1."Intent"
•  SpecificIntentor
•  GeneralIntentor
•  Recklessly
2.Act
•  ExtremeandOutrageousConduct
3.Causation
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IntentionalInflictionofEmotionalDistress
1.“Intent”
• SpecificIntentor
• GeneralIntentor
• Recklessly
2.Act
•  ExtremeandOutrageousConduct
3.Causation
4.Injury
•  SevereEmotionalDistress(limitedtowhatareasonableperson
wouldsufferabsentnotice)
•  nominaldamagesnotpermitted
Wilsonv.MonarchPaperCo.
— IIEDintheworkplace?
— “Outrageous!”
— context/setting
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IntentionalTorts
1.  Battery
2.  Assault
3.  FalseImprisonment
4.  TrespasstoLand
5.  TrespasstoChattel
6.  Conversion
7.  IntentionalInflictionofEmotional
Distress
IntentionalInflictionofEmotionalDistress
1.“Intent”
• SpecificIntentor
• GeneralIntentor
• Recklessly
2.Act
•  ExtremeandOutrageousConduct
3.Causation
4.Injury
•  SevereEmotionalDistress(limitedtowhatareasonableperson
wouldsufferabsentnotice)
•  nominaldamagesnotpermitted
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Taylorv.Vallelunga
— transferredintentdoctrine
inapplicableforIIED
IntentionalTorts
1.  Battery
2.  Assault
3.  FalseImprisonment
4.  TrespasstoLand
5.  TrespasstoChattel
6.  Conversion
7.  IntentionalInflictionofEmotional
Distress
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TechnicalInjuries
Battery
•  harmfuloroffensivebodilycontact
Assault
•  apprehensionofimminentbattery
FalseImprisonment
TrespasstoLand
TrespasstoChattel
Conversion
IntentionalInflictionof
EmotionalDistress
•  confinementtodefinedarea
•  interferencewithpossessionofrealproperty
•  interferencewithpossessionofpersonalproperty
•  majorinterference/destructionofpersonalproperty
•  severeemotionaldistress
Movingon…
A. IntentionalTorts
1.  TypesofIntentionalTorts
—  plaintiff’saction
2. DefensestoIntentionalTorts
—  defendant’scase
A.  Consent
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Koffmanv.Garnett
— Consent
— plaintiffinfactwillingforconductto
occuror
— wordsorconductreasonably
understoodtomeanthatplaintiff
waswillingforconducttooccur
— questionoffact
Mohrv.Williams
—  expressconsent
—  impliedconsenttomedicalbattery
—  plaintiffunconsciousorotherwiseunableto
consent
—  life-preservingmedicalattentionnecessary
—  noreasontobelievethisplaintiffwouldnot
consentand
—  areasonablepersonwouldconsent
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Movingon…
A. IntentionalTorts
1.  TypesofIntentionalTorts
—  plaintiff’saction
2. DefensestoIntentionalTorts
—  defendant’scase
A.  Consent
DeMayv.Roberts
— Invalidifobtainedbyfraudor
duress
— allegedfraudmustgotoessential
characterofact,notmerelyto
collateralmatter
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DefensestoIntentionalTorts
1.  Consent
2. DefenseofSelf
Poliakv.Adcock
—  self-defense–oneisprivilegedtouseforce
toprotectagainstimminentseriousbodily
injury
—  reasonablebelief(objective)
—  aslongasthethreatofinjurycontinues
(necessary)
—  withappropriateforce(proportionate)
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DefensestoIntentionalTorts
1.  Consent
2. Self-Defense
3.  DefenseofOthers
4. DefenseofRealProperty
DefenseofRealProperty
— Poliak–forcetoprotectreal
property?
a) Plaintifftrespassing
b) Reasonablebeliefforcenecessary
c)  Requesttoleave(orfutilityof
request)
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Katkov.Briney
— Deadlyforcetoprotectrealproperty?
— Policy–“considerationsofhumanity”
AffirmativeDefenses(Privileges)
1.  Consent
2. Self-Defense
3.  DefenseofOthers
4. DefenseofRealProperty
5.  DefenseandRecoveryofPersonal
Property
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Hodgedenv.Hubbard
—  Onedispossessedofchattelisprivilegedtouse
reasonableforcetorecoverthechattel
immediatelyafteritsdispossession
—  Limitedto
—  Freshpursuit
—  Demand(unlessuselessordangerous)and
—  Reasonableforceunderthecircumstances
AffirmativeDefenses(Privileges)
1.  Consent
2.  Self-Defense
3.  DefenseofOthers
4.  DefenseofRealProperty
5.  DefenseandRecoverofPersonalProperty
6.  Necessity
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Suroccov.Geary
— Necessity–
—  defendantactingtopreventthreatened
injuryfromsomeforceofnatureorother
independentcausenotconnectedwith
plaintiff
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