LAW 122 Chapter 4: Chapter Four.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 122
• Professor: Theresa Miedema

Document Summary

Chapter four: assault, battery, false imprisonment, trespass to land, malicious prosecution, defenses of consent, legal authority, necessity. Malicious prosecution(cid:224) defendant improperly causes the plaintiff to be prosecuted: consent is a complete defense to all intentional torts, an imprisonment is false only is it is done without authority, a police officer may arrest anyone who is reasonably suspected of committing a crime, or having committed a serious crime in the past, a private citizen (including body guards/security) can only arrest if the witness the crime being committed.