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Assault and Battery
In personal injury law cases, assault and battery are know as "intentional torts," meaning that they are personal injuries that are purposefully inflicted on one person by another. Click on the links below for in-depth legal information on assault and battery.
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FAQs
- Someone broke into my house in the middle of the night and attacked me. I chased and knocked down the culprit running down the street. Will I be liable to him?
- A security guard in a store suspected me of shoplifting and detained me. I have heard about something called false imprisonment. Do I have an action for that?
- I have a tax-return preparation business, and a neighbor recently told a potential client that I did not know a thing about tax law. Isn't that slander?
- What are intentional torts?
- We got behind on our bills and a bill collector has been stopping by and calling us day and night. The bill collector intimidates us, calls us names, and threatens to destroy our credit record. We are nervous wrecks. What may we do?
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