Intentional Torts Table.
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State of Mind (Subjective)
Battery Purpose or knowledge to cause
offense or harm.
Assault Purpose or knowledge to cause
apprehension of harmful or
offensive contact.
False Purpose or knowledge to confine.
Imprisonment
IIED Purpose or knowledge to cause
severe emotional distress.
Action (Objective)
Direct- Harmful/Offensive
Indirect- Force in Motion
Apprehension of harmful or
offensive contact:
 Aware (warning)
 More than mere words
 Imminent
 Apparent ability to follow
through
Confinement:
 Awareness or harm
 Force, threat of force
 Physical space, time
 No reasonable means of
escape (passage of time)
Extreme or outrageous conduct:
 Duration (repetitive,
continuous)
 Relationship (between the
two parties)
 Taken advantage of a
known vulnerability.