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Torts - Coggle Diagram
Torts
Intentional Torts
Intent
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Existsif actor 1) has conscious objective to commit act or cause a result, or 2) is substantially certain that conduct will be of a certain nature or cause a specific result, even if that act or result is not the active desire or conscious objective.
Transferred Inent
Actor may intend to commit an intentional tort against on person, but through mistake or happenstance may wind up committing:
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Because intentional, most henious and severely punished and courts likely to award punitive damages
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Assault
Over physical act that is intended to and does not in fact cause a victim to entertain a reasonable apprehension of an imminent battry
Strict liability
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Products Liability
Require: 1. defective products acutally and proximately cuase the injury; and 2. actor is liable under a theory of products liability
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