Torts EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Torts EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) A pointed a gun at B scaring B and without authority or justification, A ordered B into a room and locked the door for

• hours. B was awake the whole time and worried about what

would happen until A released him unharmed. When A initially pointed gun at B, B was standing next to C and C dove for cover thinking the gun was pointed at her. In diving for cover C collided violently with D causing D to spill coffee on E's computer. E subsequently had to pay to have the computer repaired. Who may maintain an action against A?

• Only B but not C, D and E may maintain an action against

A

• Only B and C but not D and E may maintain an action

against A

• Only B, C and D but not E may maintain an action against

A

• B, C, D and E may all maintain actions against A - Correct

Answers ✅D.It correctly applies the doctrines of transferred intent and the rule of extended liability in tort. Transferred intent operates whenever the tort intended and the tort committed are within the original writ of trespass (Trespass to Land, Trespass to Chattel, False Imprisonment, Assault and Battery). Whenever a tortfeasor intends any one of the five but ends up committing any other of the five torts then all the torts committed are deemed to have the intent prong satisfied. For example, in the above scenario, A intended to falsely imprison B, but while committing false imprisonment he also caused B to get scared. Therefore, A has committed both an 1 / 4

Torts EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) assault and a false imprisonment against B. Additionally, not only does intent transfer between torts but it transfers between people as well. So even though A was intending only to falsely imprison B, he also caused C to get scared and therefore has committed assault against C. Similarly, even though A's only intent was to falsely imprison B, his tortious conduct scared C and resulted in a violent collision with D (harmful or offensive contact), and as a result D has an actionable battery claim against A. Likewise, A's intent to falsely imprison B caused damage to E's chattel (computer), which had to be repaired, and so A is also liable to E for trespass to chattel. Also relevant to this hypothetical is the rule of limitless causation in intentional tort. A tortfeasor is usually liable for all the harm caused by their tortious conduct whether or not the harm was foreseeable. This is an important distinction between intentional tort and negligence. In negligence the tortfeasor is liable only for the foreseeable harm their tortious conduct causes. So in this scenario B, C, D and E may maintain actions against A.Furniture delivery person knocks on homeowner's door and announces, "We have a side table here for delivery." Homeowner lets the delivery person in the house and leads her to the dining room where the side table is to be assembled. Homeowner then leaves the area to go upstairs.While assembling the table in the dining room, the delivery person hears what she thinks is a puppy barking playfully in the basement of the house. While homeowner is upstairs the delivery person walks through the house looking for the basement door, finds the door and enters the basement and finds a toy dog barking. The delivery person laughs and 2 / 4

Torts EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) returns to the dining room to assemble the table. While returning to the table the delivery person leaves a small shoe stain on the carpet in the basement. Has the delivery person trespassed?

• Yes, because she likely exceeded the scope of the

permission granted to her by the homeowner to enter the - Correct Answers ✅A.Trespass to land is actionable if the defendant exceeds the scope of the permission to enter the land. Many examples of this are common with meter readers, delivery workers who are given permission to enter land for a specific purpose. If they exceed the scope of the permission granted then a permissible entry becomes a trespass. Here the facts do not indicate the delivery person was given permission to roam the entire house, rather she was given permission to be in the dining room and to do what was necessary to complete the installation. This likely did not encompass roaming the house and entering the basement to play with a dog. Another classic example of this is when customers enter a store to shop. Clearly they are invited into the shopping area and cannot be trespassing if they remain there. However, if once in the store they enter for example a locked area of the store with a sign saying, "Employees Only," then they morph from permissible entrants to trespassers.Doctor while conducting an operation on plaintiff's left eye decides to examine the rest of plaintiff's face and discovers that plaintiff has a deviated nasal septum. At the time of the 3 / 4

Torts EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED (Newest 2025) discovery the plaintiff was under the effect of general anesthesia and unconscious. The doctor decides to correct the deviated septum while the plaintiff rather than do it separately which would require another operation. Which of the following is true?

• Doctor likely committed a battery.
• Doctor will not be liable unless he performed the nasal

septum operation negligently.

• Doctor's may assume consent from patients who are under

general anesthesia to perform medically warranted procedures.

• Doctor likely committed an assault and battery. - Correct

Answers ✅A.This is a classic case of battery in tort law. Battery is a dignitary tort and is based on the individual's right to permit or not allow contact with his or her body. Even though the doctor acted with "good" intentions, motive is not the same as intent. Here the doctor committed nonconsensual contact to the person of another because presumably he only had consent to operate on the patient's eye and perform any contact associated with that. If a reasonable person would find the extra contact to be harmful or offensive then battery would be actionable. Even though the damage may be minimal many intentional tort suits survive on nominal damages. The purpose of this is that the decisions become judicial statements on what is permitted and not permitted under the law.

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