Torts 1 2025 Fall Final Exam Questions and Answers

Torts 1 2025 Fall Final Exam Questions
and Answers


False Imprisonment - --Answer --Volitional act


Intent to confine (subjective)

Act is substantial cause of plaintiff being confined (objective)

Plaintiff is conscious or harmed by confinement


Conversion examples - --Answer --STORMS


stealing it

transferring it

refusing to give back

substantially changing it

destroying it

misusing it


Defense of property keys - --Answer --No deadly force to defend property



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, Sincere reasonable belief tort is being committed or future tort

Request to desist is made unless dangerous


Public necessity defense - --Answer --Complete privilege


Reasonable belief necessary to minimize harm to public


Private necessity defense - --Answer --Incomplete defense


Act of trespass due to emergency

Necessary and proportional


Trespass to chattels - --Answer --Volitional act of interference with the right

of possession of another's personal property

Intent to perform act of interference (knowledge/sub. certainty enough)

Act is substantial cause of interference in the right of possession of another's

personal property (intermeddling, damage, dispossession)

Damages


Exceptions of conversion that don't require taking possession - --Answer --

literary property, scientific invention, secret business plans, items for sale


Defense of others - --Answer --reasonable belief third party would have self

defense privilege




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