Imagine that you are the manager of a radio station. A 15 year-old Pop Star who recently visited the station complained that one of your DJ’s touched her inappropriately during a recent studio visit. As the artist was leaving the studio, she slipped on a patch of black ice on the sidewalk and broke her wrist. She was so angry that the sidewalk hadn’t been cleared (especially considering it had not snowed in three days) that she is now refusing to participate in a concert series hosted by the radio station, despite having verbally agreed to perform.

The Pop Star’s fans, including one radio station employee, begin to protest your radio building. They stand on the sidewalk holding signs depicting various curse words around a photo of the DJ.

The radio station fires the DJ. When called for a reference, an HR person says that the DJ had been “fired from every job he ever had for sexual misconduct.” This statement is not true.

The CEO of the station asks you for advice about the numerous legal issues involved. She specifically wants you to answer the following questions:

1. The pop singer sues the DJ for both assault and battery. The police want to prosecute the DJ. Compare and contrast the separate crimes and the torts of (1) assault and (2) battery. Which claim is the DJ most likely to be found guilty (criminal law) or liable for (civil law)?

2. Is the radio station liable for the DJ’s alleged torts under the theory of respondeat superior?

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1 Torts of assault is the activity of warning or offering the physical harm or inflicting pain to an... View the full answer