INTENTIONAL TORTS

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INTENTIONAL TORTS

• T. Leigh Anenson, J.D., LL.M.

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FOUR CATEGORIES OF TORTS

• 1) INTENTIONAL TORTS
• 2) BUSINESS TORTS
• 3) UNINTENTIONAL (NEGLIGENCE) TORTS
• 4) STRICT LIABILITY TORTS

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INTENTIONAL TORTS AGAINST PERSONS

• ASSAULT BATTERY
• INTENTIONAL INFLICTION
• OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
• (IIED)
• FALSE IMPRISONMENT

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INTENTIONAL TORTS AGAINST PERSONS cont

• DEFAMATION
• 1) unprivileged
• 2) publication
• 3) of a false defamatory
• 4) fact
• 5) regarding another
• 6) made with negligence (private P) or actual
  malice (public P)
• DAMAGES libel or slander

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INTENTIONAL TORTS AGAINST PERSONS cont

• INVASION OF PRIVACY 4 WAYS
• 1) Intrusion Upon Seclusion
• 2) Public Disclosure of Private Facts
• 3) False Light Publicity
• 4) Commercial Appropriation of Name or Likeness

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INTENTIONAL TORTS AGAINST PERSONS cont

• MISUSE OF LEAL PROCEEDINGS
• 1. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
• 2. ABUSE OF PROCESS
• DECEIT (FRAUD)

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INTENTIONAL TORTS AGAINST PROPERTY

• TRESPASS TO LAND
• PRIVATE NUISANCE
• CONVERSION OF
• PERSONAL PROPERTY

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BUSINESS TORTS

• UNFAIR COMPETITION
• INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACT OR
  BUSINESS RELATIONS
• INTENTIONAL EMPLOYMENT TORT