Asked by Sydney Morehouse on May 18, 2024
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Melissa hurls a rock with the intent to hit Dave,with whom she has just fought.The rock hits Stacey,instead,who is sitting next to Dave.Melissa is liable for battery under the theory of:
A) conversion.
B) private nuisance.
C) actual malice.
D) transferred intent.
Transferred Intent
A legal principle allowing the intent to harm one individual to be transferred to another individual who was actually harmed.
Battery
An intentional act that causes harmful or offensive contact with another person's body.
Rock
A naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids found in the Earth's crust.
- Grasp the diverse regulations and precepts employed in the field of tort law, which include the responsibility to prove, employer liability, and ideas such as assault, unlawful entry, wrongful restraint, property misappropriation, exemplary damages, and defenses against slander and libel in special situations.
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KA
Katherin AfanadorMay 21, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
Under a concept known as transferred intent,a defendant who intends to injure one person but actually injures another is liable for battery to the person injured,despite the absence of any specific desire to injure him.
Learning Objectives
- Grasp the diverse regulations and precepts employed in the field of tort law, which include the responsibility to prove, employer liability, and ideas such as assault, unlawful entry, wrongful restraint, property misappropriation, exemplary damages, and defenses against slander and libel in special situations.