Intentional Torts
This element requires a volitional movement by the defendant
What is an ACT
Physical invasion of another's land
What is TRESPASS TO LAND
Actual, apparent, or implied permission
What is CONSENT
Acting or failing to use reasonable care causing foreseeable harm
What is NEGLIGENCE
Plaintiff knowingly faces risk and cannot recover
What is ASSUMPTION of the RISK
Intent can be purpose or knowledge with substantial certainty
What is INTENT
Intentional confinement of a person to a bounded area
What is FALSE IMPRISONMENT
Reasonable force to prevent imminent harm to oneself
What is SELF-DEFENSE
Duty, Breach,(reasonable under the circumstances), Causation and _________
What are DAMAGES
A rescuer is a foreseeable plaintiff unless reckless
What is the RESCUER doctrine
Intent that transfers from tort to tort or person to person
What is TRANSFERRED INTENT
Extreme and Outrageous conduct causing severe emotional distress
What is IIED
Reasonable force to protect another
What is DEFENSE OF OTHERS
Violation of a safety statute sets the standard of care
What is NEGLIGENCE per SE
Unforeseeable independent event breaking the causal chain
What is a SUPERSEDING cause
Intentional infliction of harmful or offensive contract
What is BATTERY
Intermeddling with or dispossession of another's personal property
What is TRESPASS to CHATTELS
Reasonable, non-deadly force to protect property
What is DEFENSE OF PROPERTY
'The thing speaks for itself'
What is RES IPSA LOQUITUR
Replaces the 'but for' test when multiple causes combine
What is the SUBSTANTIAL FACTOR TEST
Intent to cause apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact
Dominion or control so serious full market value must be paid
What is CONVERSION
Reasonable force in hot pursuit to recover property
What is RECAPTURE of CHATTELS
Higher standard for this with superior skill or training
What is the PROFESSIONAL STANDARD of CARE
Recovery reduced by plaintiff's percentage of fault
What is COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE