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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Aug 20187min
Fisher V. Carrousel Motor Hotel (Indirect Contact)
This episode of Audio Law explores Fisher v. Carrousel Motor Hotel, Inc., 424 S.W. 2d 627 (1967). Does there have to be contact with a person to establish battery? What about if the defendant forceful...
30 Aug 201813min
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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 20189min
