Intentional Offensive Touching as Battery.

1. The Legal Definition of Battery Battery is an intentional tort. It is established when the defendant intentionally causes a harmful or offensive contact with the plaintiff’s person, without consent or legal justification. The core elements are: Intent Contact Harmful or offensive nature of the contact Causation All four must be satisfied. 2. Intent DoesContinueContinue reading “Intentional Offensive Touching as Battery.”