Question: Peter puts a foreign substance in Jeffreys wine with the hope that Jeffrey will drink it, feel ill, and vomit. If Jeffrey drinks the wine

Peter puts a foreign substance in Jeffreys wine with the hope that Jeffrey will drink it, feel ill, and vomit. If Jeffrey drinks the wine and dies, is Peter liable for an intentional tort? Why or why not? What if Jeffrey asked Peter for a glass of wine and Peter gave him a drink that he (Peter) reasonably believed to be wine but was actually poison and Jeffrey died is Peter liable for an intentional tort? Why or why not?

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