BU231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: False Imprisonment, Blood Transfusion, Shoplifting
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Intentional torts: trespass the act of entering someone else"s land without consent, harm must be caused. If a trespasser has caused damage to the property, then the land owner can bring an action in court (you have the right to bodily remove them without the use of excessive force) Her belief was that if she accepted a blood infusion she would be denied entrance to heaven. Intent to cause harm: recognizable physical or psychopathological harm must occur, false imprisonment unlawfully restraining or confining another person, does not need to be physical restraint can be psychological. Torstar corp. 2009 scc 61) this defense mostly applies to news reporters. False allegations printed in the news paper about grant and he sued the news paper. However the reporter published this not because the allegations were true but because they were made and the reporter made sure to get a comment from grant but he was denied.
