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Potpourri
100

The elements of battery

What are

1. Intent

2. Harmful or Offensive Touching

3. With the Plaintiffs Person

(Causation + damages)?

100
The elements of false imprisonment

What are

1. Intent

2. An act of restraint against plaintiff

3. Confinement to a bounded area

(Causation + damages)

100

The difference between real and personal property

What is real property is land and buildings and personal property is moveable?

100

A defendant must prove this type of defense on the preponderance of the evidence

What is an affirmative defense?

100

A civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which the law provides a remedy for

What is a tort?

200

The elements of assault

What are

1. Intent

2. To place someone in Reasonable Apprehension

3. Of an immediate Battery

(Causation + damages)

200

The exception to a false imprisonment claim

What is the shopkeeper’s privilege?

200

Required intent for a trespass

What is the intent to be on the land?

—you do not have to know that you are trespassing

200

This type of defense can be either expressed or implied

What is consent?

200

The burden of proof in a civil case

Who is the preponderance of the evidence?

300

Planting a bomb that will explode in the University of Alabama atrium in the middle of the night. Although it was to set to explode late in the night when people aren’t usually around, there were students in the area and they died as a result. This is an example of this type of intent. 

What is knowledge intent?

—there was a high chance that the harm would result, it was substantially likely to occur

300

These three elements must be considered reasonable under the shopkeeper’s privilege

What is a reasonable period of time detained, a reasonable manner of restraint, and reasonable belief on behalf of employer?

300

Trespass to land requires this element,  which light, sound, and smell are NOT examples of

What is a physical invasion?

300

A defendant can use the defense of self only if...

What is..

1. The harm was IMMINENT

2. The threat was GENUINE

3. The responsive force was PROPORTIONAL?

300

The three types of damages that can be awarded in a tort case

What are compensatory, punitive, and nominal damages?

400

The standard that is used to measure the the apprehension experienced by a victim

What is the reasonable person standard?

400

The elements of the intentional infliction of emotional distress

What are

1. Intentional or Reckless

2. Outrageous Conduct

3. Severe Emotional Distress

(Causation + damages)?

400

A plaintiff no longer wants to keep the chattel because it is so useless and completely damaged. This is...

What is conversion?

400
You can use this type of force ONLY if it is used on you and it can NEVER be used to protect property

What is deadly force?

400

A party can file a motion for this when there is no dispute between parties of a material fact, and a decision can be rendered as a matter of law

What is summary judgment?

500

If a defendant desires to produce any consequence forbidden by law with respect to any person, the law says he is liable even if a different consequence occurs or a different person is harmed. 

What is transferred intent?

500

The standard for determining outrageous conduct

What is an ORDINARY member of the community with ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES?

500

The CRITICAL distinction between trespass to chattels and conversion

What is their remedy?

—chattels: remedy is the repair costs to fix the chattel

—conversion: remedy is the fair market value of the item

500
A defendant has an absolute defense to liability for under this type of defense. 

What is public necessity?

500

This ICONIC country singer graced us with her song Before He Cheats to serve as an example of trespass to chattels/conversion

Who is Carrie Underwood?