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+Harm to the Person

Battery – intentional infliction of harmful or offensive bodily contact.

Bodily contact is offensive if it would offend a reasonable person’s sense of dignigty. Even if it was a joke or ment to be a compliment

Assault – intentional infliction of apprehension of immediate bodily harm or offensive contact.

More mental than physical

If the person has knowledge

False Imprisonment – intentional confining of a person against her will.

Infliction of Emotional Distress – extreme and outrageous conduct intentionally or recklessly causing severe emotional distress.

Intent

Harm to the Right of Dignity

Defamation – false communication that injures a person's reputation.

Libel – written or electronically transmitted defamation.

Slander – spoken defamation.

Defenses – truth, absolute privilege, conditional privilege, and constitutional privilege are defenses to a defamation action.

Invasion of Privacy

Appropriation – unauthorized use of a person's identity.

Intrusion – unreasonable and offensive interference with the seclusion of another.

Public Disclosure of Private Facts – offensive publicity of private information.

False Light – offensive and false publicity about another.

Privacy

Harm to Property

Real Property – land & anything attached to it.

Trespass – wrongfully entering land of another.

Nuisance – a nontrespassory interference with another's use and enjoyment of land.

Personal Property –property other than land.

Trespass – an intentional taking or use of another's personal property.

Conversion – intentional exercise of control over another's personal property.

Harm to Economic Interests

Interference with Contractual Relations – intentionally causing one of the parties to a contract not to perform.

Disparagement – publication of false statements about another's property or products.

Fraudulent Misrepresentation – a false statement, made with knowledge of its falsity, intended to induce another to act....