Intentional Torts Mpc Questions And Answer 2024

A student unknowingly drank a small quantity of a hallucinogenic drug as part of a sorority initiation rite. It caused an adverse reaction several hours later while the student was having a cup of coffee at a local restaurant. The student thought that someone was strangling her, so she picked up the cup and swung it, breaking it over the waitress's head and injuring her. In a civil action for battery filed by the waitress against the student, which of the following, if factually correct, would provide the best defense for the student? A) The student believed that the waitress was about to strangle her, and thus her actions were in self-defense. B) The student only intended to get the waitress's attention and assistance and did not intend to harm her. C) Because the student was involuntarily under the influence of drugs, she did not appreciate the fact that her conduct was wrongful. D) The student did not know that when she swung the cup, she was striking a person. {Ans: D}A mother and a daughter who had taken their bikes on a tour of an island took a ferry back to the mainland. Following instructions from the boat's