INTENTIONAL TORTS

DELIBERATE TORTS TO THE PERSON

1.  ASSAULT - "threat" of harm to contact that arouses a reasonable apprehension in anther's mind of an imminent battery touching.

2.  BATTERY -intentional "touching" that is harmful or offensive to another without his or her consent.

3.  FALSE IMPRISONMENT - intentional confinement of another for an appreciable time without  consent.

4.  DEFAMATION - publication of a false statement about another which harms his reputation.  Two types: 1) libel are written or printed statements, and 2) slander are oral statements. Truth is an absolute defense to defamation. Query: Is E-mail written or oral?? 

5. INVASION OF PRIVACY - intrusion of privacy (Ex. wiretapping, harassing telephone calls); unauthorized public disclosure of private facts (Ex. sex life, humiliating illness); false light publicity (Ex. falsely associating an author to an inferior work); or unauthorized use of name (Ex. commercial falsely claiming sports star uses a product)

6. INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS - extreme and outrageous conduct causes another severe emotional distress (Ex. sexual harassment, midnight bill collectors)

7. MISUSE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS  - financial, emotional and/or, reputation injury to another from wrongfully instituted legal proceedings (Ex. frivolous lawsuit, wrongful criminal prosecution)

TORTS AGAINST PROPERTY

1.  TRESPASS TO LAND - entry onto; remaining on; or causing something or someone to enter onto or remain on another land without permission (Ex. tenant's refusal to vacate) 

2.  TRESPASS TO PERSONAL PROPERTY - use without permission or damage to personal property (Ex. breaking a car's widow) 

3.  CONVERSION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY- failure to return or the destruction or loss of borrowed property.