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Torts
1. IntentionalTorts
2. NegligenceActions
3. StrictLiability
IntentionalTorts
1. Intent
2. Act
3. Causation
4. TechnicalInjury
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Intent
— Specific
—  Desiringtobringaboutthetechnical
injurythattheparticulartortseeksto
protectagainst
— General
—  Knowingtoasubstantialcertaintythat
thetechnicalinjurytheparticulartort
seekstoprotectagainstwillresult
Alteiriv.Colasso
— Transferredintentdoctrine
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Battery
Assault
Falseimprisonment
Trespasstochattel
Trespasstoland
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IntentionalTorts
1. Intent
2. Act
3. Causation
4. TechnicalInjury
Wallacev.Rosen
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Battery
—  intentionallycausingharmfuloroffensive
contacttothepersonofanother
—  contactistheinjury
—  harmful–physicalimpairment,pain,orillness
—  offensive–offendingreasonablesenseof
personaldignity
—  nominaldamages
Fisherv.CarrouselMotorHotel
— soconnectedastobecustomarily
regardedaspartofone’sperson
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1. IntentionalTorts
A. Battery
B. Assault
WesternUnionv.Hill
— Assault–intentionallycausing
apprehensionofanimminent
battery
— wordsaloneinsufficient
— apparentability,notactual
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IntentionalTorts
A.  Battery
B.  Assault
C.  FalseImprisonment
BigTownNursingv.Newman
— falseimprisonment–intentionally
confininganothertoadefinedarea
withboundariesfixedbythe
defendant
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Parviv.CityofKingston
— falseimprisonmentalso
requireseither
— injuryfromconfinementor
— consciousawarenessof
confinement
Hardyv.LaBelle’sDistributing
— moralpersuasionis
insufficientrestraint
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IntentionalTorts
A.  Battery
B.  Assault
C.  FalseImprisonment
D.  TrespasstoLand
Doughertyv.Stepp
— intentionallycausingentryonto
therealpropertyofanother
— protectsone’srighttoexclusive
possessionofland
— nominaldamages
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Herrinv.Sutherland
— possessionoflandincludes
allspaceupwardand
downward,within
reasonablelimitations
— $1?
Rogersv.BoardofRoadComm’rs
— continuingtrespasstoland
— permissionmaybelimited
bytime,area,andpurpose
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TheIndexCard
—  Name(includingphoneticpronunciation,ifhelpful)
—  Hometown
—  Undergrad,otherschools
—  Currentcareerorjob
—  Yearinlawschool(evening,transferstudent)
—  Aninterestingfact
—  Favoriteapp,book,orsportsteam
Bradleyv.AmericanSmelting
— environmentaltrespass
— intent(specificorgeneral)toenter
land
— trespasstolandvs.nuisance
— TTL–exclusivepossession
— nuisance–useandenjoyment
— maycoexist
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TrespasstoLandvs.Nuisance
TrespasstoLand
—  possessionofland
—  physicaltrespass–no
actualharmreq’d
—  nominaldamages
permitted
—  “Microscopic
particulate”trespass–
“actualandsubstantial
damages”req’d
Nuisance
—  substantialand
unreasonable
interferencewithuseand
enjoymentofland
—  actual(“significant”)
damagesrequired
IntentionalTorts
1.  Battery
2.  Assault
3.  FalseImprisonment
4.  TrespasstoLand
5.  TrespasstoChattelandConversion
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Gliddenv.Szybiak
—  trespasstochattel–intentionally
interferingwiththepossessionofanother’s
chattelbycausingeither
—  actualimpairmentofcondition,value,or
qualityofchattelor
—  deprivationofchattel’suseforsubstantial
periodoftimeor
—  bodilyharmtopossessororpossessor’s
property
CompuServev.CyberPromotions
—  trespasstochattelvs.conversion
—  TTC–intentionallyusingorintermeddling
withchattelofanother
—  resultingindiminutioninchattel’svalue
—  conversion–intentionalexerciseof
dominionorcontroloverchattelofanother
thatsoseriouslyinterfereswithother’s
possessionthatdefendantmaybejustly
forcedtopayfullvalue
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Pearsonv.Dodd
—  Propertyprotectedbyconversion?
—  Infogatheredandarrangedatsomecostandsoldasa
commodity
—  Ideasformulatedwithlaborandinventivegenius,suchas
literaryworksorscientificresearches
—  Instrumentsoffairandeffectivecommercialcompetition
—  Measureofdamages?
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