Defining Intentional Wrongs

Intentional wrongs known as intentional torts are acts that a person commits that cause harm to another individual. The harm can be physical or emotional such as in the cases of false imprisonment. According to the charge, the intentional tort may be tried in a civil or criminal court with the help of a criminal attorney.

 

Intentional wrongs can be against people or property. Intentional wrongs against individuals are often false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional pain, defamation, assault, and battery. Intentional wrongs against property include trespass to land, trespass to personal property, and converting another person’s property to their own.
 

If a person commits an intentional wrong they may be tried in a criminal court, however, most cases are seen in civil court. An intentional wrong is one in which the person committing the wrong knew that harm could come from their actions, such as swinging a bat towards a person and pointing a toy gun that seems real at another person would cause the person to be scared. You may not think that pointing a toy gun would harm the person but you pointed the gun to scare them, thus if they fall backwards and are injured you could be liable for damages. The same goes for if you are intending to help a person that has fallen and they say, “I do not need help”, but you insist. If they are injured, you could be liable for any damages that occur.