Slocum V. Food Fair Stores, Inc. (Insufficient Severe Emotional Distress)
IIED is the Intentional Infliction of severe Emotional Distress (subjective) by relatively extreme and outrageous conduct which actually causes Severe Emotional Distress (objective). Can an insult cau...
27 Syys 20189min
Whittaker V. Sanford (Moral Influence)
Can a strong moral influence constitute false imprisonment? Hear about a case involving a colony called the "movement" connected to a colony in Jaffa. Would keeping someone on a ship without providing...
27 Syys 201814min
Western Union Telegraph Company V. Hill (Assault)
Find out the two main elements of assault in Audio Law's first assault episode, Western Union Telegraph Company v. Hill (1933).
30 Elo 20187min
Leichtman V. WLW Jacor Communications (Offensive Contact)
Would you consider intentionally blowing smoke into an antismoking advocate's face a battery? Find out what the court ruled in Leichtman v. WLW Jacor Communications (1994).
30 Elo 20187min
Touchet V. Hampton (Self-Defense)
What constitutes self-defense? What force is allowed when their is a perceived threat? Find out if an act is a battery or excused as self-defense in this recent case of Touchet v. Hampton (2007).
30 Elo 201814min
McGuire V. Almy (Mental State)
How does a person's mental state impact the extent to which they are held responsible for injuring someone? The 1937 case of McGuire v. Almy, 297 Mass. 323 provides a ruling for that question.
30 Elo 20189min
Cole V. Turner Nisi Prius (Battery)
What constitutes battery? Learn about three elements in this episode of Audio Law.
30 Elo 20184min
