Battery – Intentional infliction of harmful or offensive bodily contact
Intent – Purposeful, substantial certainty, or transferred from another tort
Harm - Touching, direct/indirect, harmful, or offensive
Notes: (Pla) need not be aware; consent is negated when level is exceeded; age is not an excuse
Assault – Intentional causing of an apprehension of harmful or offensive contact
Intent - Purposeful, substantial certainty, or transferred from another tort to cerate apprehension (assault) or to make contact (battery)
Harm – Actual contact or apprehension required, threat must be imminent
Notes: (Pla) himself must be aware of danger, imminence implies (def) has present ability to execute threat, pranks and conditional threats apply. Words alone will not suffice.
False imprisonment – Intentional infliction of confinement
Intent - Purposeful, substantial certainty, or transferred from another tort to confine
Harm – Confined by threats or assertions of......
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