Does christie have a successful claim against jack

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Jack, a renowned self-defense instructor working for a local community recreation center, wished to give a real-life learning experience to his students. Unbeknownst to his class, Jack decided that he would surreptitiously pay an actor to come into the middle of one of his classes and attack Jack. Then, Jack could show his class how to defend themselves in a real-world setting. The actor, Christie, showed up one evening to class. She entered via the side door and immediately began screaming at Jack that he was a "no-good man" and that "he was going to get what he had coming to him." She then charged at him and began to choke him. As he was being choked and was about to demonstrate his self-defense tactics, one of his students, Kelly Knight, ran forward and attempted to stab Christie with a pen to protect her teacher.

Unfortunately, because Knight is new to class, she had bad aim and missed Christie - striking another student, Larry Lark, in the leg. However, Bob Eagen has been a member of the class for months. He used a manipulative technique to throw Christie down to the ground and while doing so broke her arm. As Jack feared, several students did not know how to react to what they perceived as an actual attacker. They cowered in fear in corners screaming and sobbing and required months of intensive counseling after the incident to regain their confidence. Sadly, one of the students, Sandy Slep, was so devastated after watching what she believed was an actual attack that she fled the building. She sprinted across the street and was struck by a car killing her instantly.

Could you name court cases that might aid me in answering the questions below?

-Does Christie have a successful claim against Jack? On what basis?
-Would Christie have a successful claim against Eagen? On what basis?
-Does Lark have any successful claims against Knight? Against Jack?
-Do the students who fled into corners have successful claims and against whom?
-What claims revolve around Sandy Slep and against whom?

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