Question: Using the fact pattern below, identify intentional torts potentially committed and any possible defenses to those torts explaining whether or not there is proof of
Using the fact pattern below, identify intentional torts potentially committed and any possible defenses to those torts explaining whether or not there is proof of the tort or defense. Suppose you come home one evening to discover that your teenage son has "borrowed" your car and went on the following spree: First, he dropped by his girlfriend's house to pick her up, but once there met with considerable resistance from her parents. Not to be intimidated by her father, who stood menacingly in front of the car as he started the engine, your son yelled out the window that he would run over her father if he did not get out of the way. The father, who doggedly stood his ground until the last possible moment, barely escaped injury when he finally jumped aside. Unbeknownst to either your son or his girlfriend, her younger brother had crawled into the back of the car during the fracas with the father. Now, the little boy screamed to be released from the car. Your son, who harbored some latent hostility toward the little brother, took great delight in holding him captive before letting him out of the car to walk home. Next, your son and his girlfriend headed to a remote place in the country to enjoy a little privacy. Deeply involved in professing their love for each other, neither noticed the approach of a man brandishing a gun. The man punctuated each demand to get off his land by firing a shot into the air. Thoroughly frightened, the two lovers beat a hasty retreat but, with on
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