B LAW301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, Narcotics Anonymous
23 Oct 2017
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Invasion of privacy: false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, trespass to land. Interference with chattels (personal possession: trespass, conviction and detinue. Defenses to intentional torts : complete and partial. Intentional torts involve intentional, rather merely careless, conduct. The plaintiff has to prove that the defendant intended to perform the physical act that is required for an intentional tort. Assault : when the defendant intentionally causes the plaintiff to reasonably believe that offensive bodily contact is imminent: belief. This tort is not based on physical contact. It is based on the belief that such contact will occur. It is designed to keep the peace by discouraging people to alarm others: reasonable belief. It is enough if the plaintiff reasonably believed that bodily contact would occur: imminent contact. The plaintiff must have believed that bodily contact was imminent. Although the requirement is vague, you probably would not commit an assault if you threatened to kick me 2 weeks ago: offensive contact.
