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You may be eligible for compensation for your injuries and losses if you or a loved one was the victim of an intentional tort, such as assault, battery, or abuse. To discuss your legal choices, contact Texas Personal Injury Lawyers for free and without obligation case evaluation. Our team of skilled assault lawyers can assist you in determining the best course of action for obtaining compensation for your injuries and punishing your abuser.

Please, if you are presently in an abusive relationship or are experiencing abuse in your environment, we strongly advise you to do everything possible to leave the situation as quickly as feasible and notify the authorities so that they may investigate.

Common Intentional Torts

  • Assault

A threatening act by the antagonist (the individual who assaults the victim) poses a risk of immediate harmful or offensive contact for the victim.

  • Battery

If the opponent’s actions do, in fact, result in actual harmful or insulting contact with the victim.

  • False Imprisonment 

Any action in which the antagonist restrains or confines the victim’s freedom to move. These activities can be physical, but they can also include threats. A false arrest is considered a type of false imprisonment. Any unlawful detention of a person is considered a false arrest. False imprisonment and false arrest are not only committed by authority figures, such as police officers, and may also be perpetrated by non-authority individuals.

  • An Intentional Affliction Of Emotional Distress 

The act of intentionally or wantonly causing emotional suffering to a person is known as egregious or outrageous conduct that purposefully or carelessly causes emotional distress. Extreme or outrageous behavior is generally regarded as going beyond all acceptable norms. The definition isn’t completely clear, and it’s determined on a case-by-case basis.

  • Trespass 

Any activity by the adversary that intentionally interferes with the victim’s ownership of property, or any time the adversary enters the victim’s premises without permission. For additional details, see premises liability.

  • Sexual Assault 

Sexual assault involves any action taken by the antagonist that implies unwanted sexual contact with the antagonist.

  • Domestic Violence 

Domestic violence is defined as any action taken by the opponent, who is in a relationship with the victim, to dominate, intimidate or control the victim against his or her will.

  • Conversion 

An action in which the antagonist exercises authority and control over the victim’s property without his/her consent. The antagonist is responsible for conversion even if the property is returned to the victim.

  • Fraud 

Intentional untruthfulness, misstatements, deceptions, or frauds result in the victim’s injuries.

  • Defamation 

A false statement or declaration made by the opponent about the victim is presented to at least one other person as being truthful and objective. The antagonist must be aware that the statement or affirmation is untrue. In some circumstances, the victim must show that the false statement resulted in at least some damage.

Intentional Tort Lawsuit

 

A personal injury claim occurs when someone is hurt as a result of another person’s negligence, even if the negligent actor did not intend to cause harm.

Intentional torts, on the other hand, are those that occur when someone intentionally causes harm or discomfort to another person. Unlike other personal injury claims, intentionally tortious conduct may result in a criminal case against the defendant, a civil lawsuit against the defendant, or both.

In a criminal case, the state would present its evidence against the opponent. The antagonist could be fined, required to serve community service, or even face imprisonment for their behavior as a result of this proceeding.

In a civil case, the plaintiff or plaintiffs would make the claim against the antagonist – those who were harmed as a result of the antagonist’s tortious act. The plaintiff would pursue financial compensation from the opponent for the damages they incurred as a result of the antagonist’s conduct.

Proving Intentional Tort And Negligent Tort

 

To demonstrate that the defendant has committed an intentional tort, you must first establish these premises of your claim:

  • Your body or property was intentionally touched, verbally harassed, emotionally hurt, or compelled to engage in intimate conduct with another individual.
  • Contact was perceived as harmful, unwanted, or offensive by the recipient.
  • The victim did not give consent to the contact.

To demonstrate that the defendant has committed a negligent act, you must first show that he or she has violated some legal requirements.

  • The individual made an act of physical, verbal, or emotional contact with your body or property, or was forced to do so.
  • The act was not necessarily intended to affect you in any way.
  • The contact was perceived as harmful to you, unwanted, or offensive in some way, and
  • You, the victim, did not give consent to the contact.

What Is A Negligent Tort?

Consider negligent torts in the context of all non-intentional tort personal injury claims. A negligent act is essentially an accident. The defendant’s actions caused you harm, but they did not preplan this damage or intend for it to occur.

The one significant distinction between intentional torts and negligent torts is that deliberate torts are designed to cause damage, while negligence isn’t. If you have any queries regarding the difference, get in touch with an assault lawyer.

Who Is Liable For An Intentional Tort?

 

In general, the individual who caused the harmful act is held responsible for his or her actions and any damages incurred as a result of them.

If the antagonist(s) who committed the act did so while acting as representatives of an organization, firm, or other entity, that organization, business, or other entity might also be held responsible for any damages and subsequent expenses incurred by the victim.

Example: During the employee’s shift hours, a nursing home staff member regularly assaults an elderly resident. The assault causes the resident to have physical harm as well as emotional trauma. Because the resident obtained these injuries while under the care of the nursing home, it may be held liable for any damages caused to their elderly patient.

Example: A passenger has a heated argument with a public train conductor. The conductor becomes enraged and smashes the passenger’s nose, which causes an injury. As a public employee, the conductor is a representative of the city. As a result, the city may be held responsible for the passenger’s medical expenses and other losses.

What Is The Difference Between Assault And Battery

 

The distinction between assault and battery is that assault and battery are two distinct types of intentional tort claims. The intention of the adversary in either situation does not have to be to harm the victim; rather, it must be to execute the action that later causes harm. If the antagonist makes an idle threat to a third party, but the victim gets word of it and rationally believes it is genuine, then the antagonist may be convicted of assault. If the adversary touches the victim without force, but the victim rationally believes it to be in violation of accepted norms or harmful, he or she may be charged with battery.

Assault does not necessarily imply that the adversary makes physical contact with the victim. Any intentional attempt or promise of future harm to the victim that causes the victim to reasonably fear for their safety is considered assault.

The antagonist has made physical contact with the victim. The touch must be uncomfortable or unpleasant in some manner. The victim must not have agreed to the contact.

 Self-Defense As A Defense To An Intentional Tort

 

If you perceive another person’s actions as posing a risk to your or someone else’s well-being, there are certain circumstances in which self-defense may be used to minimize the problem.

To establish self-defense, all other options for mitigation must have been exhausted.

For example: Because of a property dispute, your neighbor has been increasingly aggressive with you for the last few weeks. You’ve requested him to stop contacting you and threatened to contact the cops if he doesn’t disengage or find another way to resolve the problem. Finally, your neighbor makes a verbal threat against you, coming into your personal space to shout in your face. You believe this danger is genuine, therefore you hit your neighbor in the face. There are many situations where one or both of you has been drinking, and you get into an altercation that necessitates the need for police intervention to bring it to a close. You claim self-defense. Because you saw the danger as genuine, you threw the punch.

This is not a genuine self-defense argument. You had another option to handle the problem. You could have phoned the cops and reported the assault (threat). Rather, you decided to commit battery. In a court of law, your self-defense claim would most likely fail.

Mitigating Injuries

 

Mitigating injuries is one of the most essential initial actions that a victim may take in an intentional tort. No matter how severe your injuries appear to be, you should see a doctor as soon as possible after the occurrence. Follow the doctor’s instructions. You should do everything you can to prevent your injuries from getting worse.

Documenting Injuries

 

It’s critical to try to document evidence that you’ve recovered from your injuries since the event. Using:

  • photos & videos of injuries
  • documented personal accounts of your healing process
  • medical documents related to your injuries & healing process

You should begin keeping a diary of your injuries as soon as the accident happens and until they have healed fully.

Filing An Intentional Tort Lawsuit

 

Before anything else: stop all communications with your assaulter. All communication should be handled through your assault lawyer and the defendant’s representative.

If you think you may be able to file a claim for assault and battery, there are a few things you should do before doing so.

To begin, assess whether your adversary will face a legal charge. If that’s the case, contact the prosecuting attorney to share information.

Finally, you must begin the procedure of preparing your own civil lawsuit by following the steps of a civil lawsuit guide.

Before you hire an assault lawyer, make sure you have enough evidence for your intentional tort claim.

Medical records and invoices, reports of the event, photographs of the scene and injuries, and personal testimonies of the incident are all common evidence in these sorts of cases. To see the complete list of potential evidence, follow our instructions to gather evidence.

Your attorney can assist you in determining the value of your injuries. It is not unusual for a victim of an intentional tort to request both compensatory and punitive damages from the offender in such a case.

Because of the statute of limitations, you should not wait to file a civil assault and battery claim. You should contact an assault lawyer right away so that you can get started on your case as soon as possible.

Hiring An Intentional Tort Lawyer

 

If you or someone you know has been harmed or injured as a result of any of the aforementioned types of intentional torts, or any other intentional acts that have caused damage, you should contact an assault lawyer right now.

An assault lawyer from our personal injury attorney team can assist you in receiving compensation for your injuries. Not only that, but we will fight to guarantee that the defendant is held responsible and penalized for their behavior so that similar incidents do not happen again.

If you’re representing a loved one who has died as a result of an intentional tort, you may need to contact a wrongful death lawyer with expertise in these types of claims.

If you believe you have a valid intentional tort claim, contact us immediately for a free no-obligation intentional tort case evaluation.

For all intentional tort claim situations, our firm works on a contingency fee basis, so we don’t charge them anything until they have received the entire compensation for their injuries. Texas Personal Injury Lawyers is here to help you get adequate compensation so you can concentrate on getting your life back to normal. 

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