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Torts - Coggle Diagram
Torts
Intentional Torts
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Intent
Transferred intent: assult, battery, false imprisonment, trespass to land/chattels
If a defendant desires that his act will cause the harmful result/knows with substantial certainty that the result will follow
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Requirements: a voluntary act, intent, the elements of a prima facie claim for that tort, causation, harm, and lack of a privilege
Strict Liability
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Prima facie case: nature of the defendants activity imposes an absolute duty to make safe; dangerous aspect of the activity is the actual/proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury; plaintiff suffered damage to person or property
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Negligence
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Elements
Duty, breach, causation (cause in fact, proximate cause), damages