intentional tort

Intentional torts include hitting people and saying things about them that are not true.

The court ruled that the union was guilty of an intentional tort.

However, this immunity does not extend to the intentional tort of fraud.

Punitive damages are also possible, because conversion is an intentional tort.

Courts, in the majority, do not apply comparative responsibility to intentional torts.

Under the test, employers were generally not held liable for intentional torts of their employees.

In intentional torts the defence operates in the form of consent.

Except where excluded by statute, the common law intentional torts are applicable in Canada.

This test is used as an analysis for "personal jurisdiction issues where defamation and other intentional torts are concerned."

This was the view taken with regard to most intentional torts, with several exceptions.

This is another intentional tort for which no damage is ordinarily required.

Lastly, we have the issue of negligence and intentional torts in a single law suit.

Under Federal law a court judgment based on the commission of an intentional tort is not dischargeable in bankruptcy.

An intentional tort requires an overt act, some form of intent, and causation.

Causation is typically a bigger issue in negligence cases than intentional torts.

The question of "privilege" as a defense arises almost exclusively in connection with intentional torts.

However, some courts apply comparative responsibility to intentional torts.

The elements of most intentional torts follow the same pattern: intent, act, result, and causation.

The following are affirmative defenses to intentional torts.

It is a common law intentional tort.

For example, if one person punches another person in the nose, it might be an intentional tort called battery.

When a defendant causes an injury on purpose, that injury is an intentional tort.

Several intentional torts do not involve land.

Personality rights have developed out of common law concepts of property, trespass and intentional tort.

Not every intentional action qualifies as an intentional tort.