Find out the two main elements of assault in Audio Law's first assault episode, Western Union Telegraph Company v. Hill (1933).

What constitutes self-defense? What force is allowed when their is a perceived threat? Find out if an act is a battery or excused as self-defense in this recent case of Touchet v. Hampton (2007).

Would you consider intentionally blowing smoke into an antismoking advocate's face a battery? Find out what the court ruled in Leichtman v. WLW Jacor Communications (1994).

This episode of Audio Law explores Fisher v. Carrousel Motor Hotel, Inc., 424 S.W. 2d 627 (1967). Does there have to be contact with a person to establish battery? What about if the defendant forcefully grabs something the plaintiff is holding? Get answers to those questions in this episode!

What constitutes battery? Learn about three elements in this episode of Audio Law.

How does a person's mental state impact the extent to which they are held responsible for injuring someone? The 1937 case of McGuire v. Almy, 297 Mass. 323 provides a ruling for that question.

The 1888 case Ranson v. Kitner, 31 Illinois Appellate Reports 241 looks into a case where appellants killed a dog after mistaking it for a wolf. Does this mistake as to significance negate their killing of the dog?

The case Talmage v. Smith, 101 Mich. 370 (1894) investigates whether a circuit judge gave proper instructions to the jury in Talmage's case of transferred intent.

The 1932 case of Carnes v. Thompson, 24 SW Reporter 2nd 903 sheds light on the issue of transferred intent. When A intends to unlawfully strike B but harms B's wife instead, is A liable? Is someone responsible for unintentionally harming someone other than their target?