Discuss the possible tort liability in this incident

Assignment Help Business Law and Ethics

Reference no: EM13497025

Members of Students for Fair Tuition (SFT) decide to protest rising tuition costs at Gigantic State University (GSU) by taking over Dunfee Hall, the location of GSU president Dalton Chandler's office. As they storm into the reception area of Chandler's office suite, shouting "Down with fascist tuition increases," Chandler's faithful secretary, Prudence Pimply, picks up a phone to call the campus police.

Steve Steel, radical leader of the SFT, slaps the phone knocking it from Prudence's hand without ever touching her. He then pulls out an amazing lifelike squirt gun and threatens to blow Prudence's head off if she so much as moves an inch toward the phone or the door.

Prudence collapses in a sobbing heap on her desk. Unfortunately for their purposes, the students find the only door to C handler's third floor office locked from the inside. After a few feeble attempts to break it down, they contend with barricading his door with filing cabinets and singing "We Will Overcome" until the police arrive shortly thereafter.

The total time elapsed from the moment the students entered the building until the police arrive is ten minutes. President Chandler was taking a nap and slept through the entire incident.

Prudence was so upset that she couldn't return to work for a week, and then only managed to do so under heavy doses of tranquilizers prescribed by her doctor, Morton Mallard.

Consider the following when writing this essay: Was a crime committed? Was there any negligence involved in this case? What laws and rights were violated? Who should be held liable for the damages (physical and mental)?

Discuss the possible tort liability in this incident. Assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment all should be explored.

Reference no: EM13497025

Questions Cloud

Find the length of the box : Imagine that the only visible photons that an electron in a box of unknown length emits have wavelengths of 689nm and 413nm, Identify the transitions and find the length of the box

Determine the velocity of the child : A child is sitting on the outer edge of a merry-go-round that is 18 m in diameter. If the merry-go-round makes 4.9 rev/min, what is the velocity of the child in m/s

Explain what is the vapor pressure of propane at 25 c : What is the vapor pressure of propane at 25 C. its normal boiling point is -42C and deltaH of 19.04 kj/mol.

Find its translational acceleration : A 1.15 long ramp is inclined at 14 to the horizontal. A solid ball is released from rest at the top of the ramp. Find its translational acceleration

Discuss the possible tort liability in this incident : Discuss the possible tort liability in this incident. Assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment all should be explored.

How fast is the snowball rolling at the end : A hill is covered with snow, and has a slope of 30 degree above the horizontal. The slope is l = 40.m long. How fast is the snowball rolling at the end

What fraction of its total kinetic energy is rotational : A solid sphere is released from rest on an incline. When it reaches the bottom, what fraction of its total kinetic energy is rotational

Explain potassium hydrogen phthalate is a monoprotic acid : potassium hydrogen phthalate is a monoprotic acid. Dihydrogen phthalate(H2C8H4O4) is a diprotic acid. An analyte sample contains 0.127 M KHP and 0.0678 M H2C8H4O4. What volume of a 0.205 NaOH solution is required to neutralize 25.0mL of the analyt..

How far ados the boat move toward the shore : Romeo(77.0kg) entertains Juliet(55.0kg) by playing his guitar from the rear of heir boat at rest in still water, 2.70 m away from Juliet, How far ados the 80.0 kg boat move toward the shore it is facing

User Account

All Pages