1. Core Definition of Battery Battery is an intentional tort that occurs when a defendant intentionally causes harmful or offensive contact with another person without lawful justification or consent. Crucially, physical injury is NOT an element of battery. What matters is: Intentional contact, and The contact is harmful OR offensive under the law. 2. ElementsContinueContinue reading “Battery: Intentional Harmful or Offensive Contact — Physical Injury Is Not Required.”
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A Child Lost, A Mother Condemned: The Dark Reality of Moldova’s Most Vulnerable.
The mother of this child, whom I hold in my arms, has already endured two pregnancies. Her first was the result of repeated, traumatic sexual abuse within the confines of a psychiatric institution. Her abuser, who was meant to be one of her treating physicians, exploited her over the years. The young woman had beenContinueContinue reading “A Child Lost, A Mother Condemned: The Dark Reality of Moldova’s Most Vulnerable.”
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