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This document discusses the tort of battery and the element of intent. It provides several cases as examples: 1) Van Camp v. McAfoos establishes that fault is required - there must be willful or negligent action by the defendant. Without fault, there is no cause of action. 2) Snyder v. Turk shows intent to make contact is enough, even if the contact was not intended to be offensive. 3) Several cases discuss the requirements of harmful or offensive contact and causation. Transferred intent is also expla
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