An intentional tort requires which elements?

An intentional tort requires which elements?

• A. Duty of care, willful breach, and damages
• B. Only damages
• C. No duty
• D. Strict liability

Answer: (A)

An intentional tort rests on deliberate conduct that harms another’s rights. To prove it, you need three things: a duty to respect the plaintiff’s rights, a willful breach of that duty through the intentional act, and actual damages resulting from that act. The duty comes from the legal obligation not to infringe others’ rights; the breach is the purposeful act that violates that obligation; the damages are the harm suffered and shown in court. This trio is what makes an act an intentional tort, not merely an accident or faultless harm. Damages alone wouldn’t show the deliberate act or breach, no duty would erase the legal obligation, and strict liability applies without regard to intent, which isn’t appropriate for intentional torts.

An intentional tort rests on deliberate conduct that harms another’s rights. To prove it, you need three things: a duty to respect the plaintiff’s rights, a willful breach of that duty through the intentional act, and actual damages resulting from that act. The duty comes from the legal obligation not to infringe others’ rights; the breach is the purposeful act that violates that obligation; the damages are the harm suffered and shown in court. This trio is what makes an act an intentional tort, not merely an accident or faultless harm. Damages alone wouldn’t show the deliberate act or breach, no duty would erase the legal obligation, and strict liability applies without regard to intent, which isn’t appropriate for intentional torts.