TORTS ATTACK OUTLINE

1. INTENTIONAL TORTS 2. NEGLIGENCE

a. Trespass to Person a. Elements
i. Battery i. Duty, Breach, Causation, Harm
1. Intent to touch b. Duty of Care
2. Touch i. Forseeable 
3. No consent ii. Standard of Care
ii. Assault 1. Reasonable Person
1. Intent to make believe 2. Professionals
imminent harm 3. Children
2. Success iii. Calculus of Risk
3. No consent 1. Risk defines duty
b. Trespass to Property a. Learned Hand Test
i. Trespass to Land 2. Custom
1. Intent to enter/breach close iv. Owners & Occupiers of Land
2. Enter/breach close 1. Trespassers ((un)discovered)
ii. Trespass to Chattel (dBA) 2. Licensee
1. Intent to interfere w/ 3. Invitee
possessory rights 4. Attractive Nuisance
2. Interference 5. Hazard Conditions
iii. Conversion v. Statutes & Regulations
1. Intent to interfere w/ 1. Negligence per se
possessory rights vi. Affirmative Duties
2. Interference 1. Duty to Rescue
3. Pay full value c. Breach
c. Defenses to Intentional Torts i. Preponderance of evidence
i. Insanity ii. Prove act was unreasonable under
ii. Self-Defense standard care application
iii. Defense of Property iii. Res Ipsa Loquitur
iv. Necessity d. Causation
v. Consent i. Cause in Fact
1. “But for” Test
ii. Proximate Cause
1. Foreseeability Test
2. Direct Cause Test
3. Indirect Cause
e. Defense to Negligence
i. Comparative Negligence
ii. Contributory Negligence
f. Joint Tortfeasors
i. Joint Liability
ii. Several Liability