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Tort Law Summary
Trespass to Land - answer✔Trespasser is strictly liable for damages
Volitional Trespasser - answer✔Trespasser with requisite intent for trespass
Concerted Acts - answer✔Trespasser and others acted in concert causing damage
Assault, Battery, False Imprisonment - answer✔Factual issues determined by jury, nominal
damages recoverable
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) - answer✔Used when other torts cannot be
satisfied by the facts
Insulting Language - answer✔May not rise to extreme and outrageous conduct, but liability
based on constant harassment
Threat to Intermediary - answer✔Threat uttered to intermediary is still vicious and illegal
Temporary Interference - answer✔Temporary interference with legal right of egress justified as
police measure
Reasonable Means of Escape - answer✔False imprisonment claim fails if reasonable means of
escape exist
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Tort Law Summary
Trespass to Land - answer✔Trespasser is strictly liable for damages
Volitional Trespasser - answer✔Trespasser with requisite intent for trespass
Concerted Acts - answer✔Trespasser and others acted in concert causing damage
Assault, Battery, False Imprisonment - answer✔Factual issues determined by jury, nominal
damages recoverable
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) - answer✔Used when other torts cannot be
satisfied by the facts
Insulting Language - answer✔May not rise to extreme and outrageous conduct, but liability
based on constant harassment
Threat to Intermediary - answer✔Threat uttered to intermediary is still vicious and illegal
Temporary Interference - answer✔Temporary interference with legal right of egress justified as
police measure
Reasonable Means of Escape - answer✔False imprisonment claim fails if reasonable means of
escape exist
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