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This document provides an overview of intentional tort law. It defines intentional torts as civil wrongs resulting from intentional acts. The 8 main intentional torts are listed as battery, assault, false imprisonment, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, invasion of privacy, trespass, and conversion. Elements of intentional torts are also discussed, with battery provided as an example requiring intent, an act, causation, and harmful/offensive contact. Defenses to intentional torts are mentioned, such as consent, self-defense, privilege, and proving the elements of the tort are not met.
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- 1. نحةجلا TORT EZZELDIN BASSYOUNI MASTER OF LAW USA 01225297655 أعمال ورجال محامين إنجليزى تجارة إنجليزى حقوق Ezzbassyouni@gmail.com
- 2. TORT يةريتقصلا يةلوئسملا - نحةجلا Wrongful injury to a person or a person property
- 3. An intentional tort is a category of torts that describes a civil wrong resulting from an intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor (المتعدىalleged wrongdoer).
- 4. What are the 8 intentional torts? battery, assault, false imprisonment, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, invasion of privacy, trespass, and conversion.
- 5. What kind of tort is intentional? Types of Intentional Torts Fraud, misrepresentation, defamation, and false imprisonment are all usually considered intentional torts, assault and battery, and sometimes a wrongful death claim can arise from the commission of an intentional tort
- 6. What are the elements of intentional tort? For example, a plaintiff attempting to prove that a defendant committed the intentional tort of battery must fulfill several elements: intent, an act, cause, and harmful or offensive contact
- 7. Trespass is an area of criminal law or tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels, and trespass to land. Trespass to the person historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, wounding, mayhem (or maiming), and false imprisonment.
- 8. Three categories of torts Intentional torts : intentional wrongful injury Strict liability abnormally dangerous activities /things note there is no an element of intent involve Up normal dangerous activities & things
- 9. TORT VS CRIME DIFFERENCE TORT CRIME Goal compensation punishment deterrence Burden of proof pre ponderance of evidence beyond reasonable doubt Victim person artificial person society Source of law common law criminal law statutory criminal law
- 10. The goal of tort law is to compensate ,the goal of criminal law is to punishment and deterrence the criminal law goal is to punish the wrongdoer & provide deterrent affect others so they do not do wrongful act.
- 11. tort requires only preponderance of evidences require more evidences to support ,providing a tort than evidences disproving the existence of that tortious injury, In crime it will be much higher standard than preponderance of evidences ,no reasonable person would have a doubt as to defendant guilt
- 12. Note : all intentional torts protect an intertest most of intentional torts have a corresponding crime
- 13. Right protected by both tort and criminal law Right protected Tort Crime Threat of harm assault Crime assault Harmful conduct battery Assault &battery Restraint on freedom False imprisonment Kidnapping –unlawful restraint Interference of possession of law Trespass Criminal trespass Interference of person property Conversion -trespass - chattels Theft Loss caused by false statement Fraud Embezzlement Right to have good name ,reputation Defamation Varies by states
- 14. Elements of intentional tort each intentional tort has its own unique set of elements Battery act : intendent to cause harmful or offensive contact harmful offensive contact with plaintiff causation –linkage Abuse of process act use of civil proceedings improper purposes –actual damages
- 15. DEFENSES each defense has its own elements the first strategy line of defense is to disprove element of tort examples of defenses consent –self defense –defense of other property privilege :shopkeeper brief detention- police citizen arrest –parents reasonable discipline –sovereign immunity