CHAPTER SUMMARY
Harm to the Person
Battery
intentional infliction of harmful or offensive
bodily contact
Assault
intentional infliction of apprehension of
immediate bodily harm or offensive contact
False Imprisonment
intentional confining of a person
against her will
Infliction of Emotional Distress
extreme and outrageous
conduct intentionally or recklessly causing severe
emotional distress
Harm to the Right of DignityDefamation
false communication that injures a person’s
reputation
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Libel
written or electronically transmitted defamation
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Slander
spoken defamation
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Defenses
truth, absolute privilege, conditional
privilege, and constitutional privilege are defenses to a
defamation action
Invasion of Privacy
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Appropriation
unauthorized use of a person’s identity
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Intrusion
unreasonable and highly offensive
interference with the seclusion of another
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Public Disclosure of Private Facts
highly
offensive
publicity of private information
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False Light
highly
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- Fall '10
- SORRELL
- Business Law, Tort Law, Mann, Battery intentional infliction, Assault intentional infliction
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