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Juliet is gazing at the starts from her balcony, exclaiming dreamily, “Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?” A voice from below responds, “Here I am, your moron, give me a hand up.” Juliet looks down and sees Romeo climbing up to the balcony. Before she has a chance to help, Romeo loses his footing, and falls, breaking his arm. Juliet races downstairs and tries to set the arm, even though Romeo tells her that she would wait for a doctor. Juliet makes the break much worse by moving the arm the wrong way. Has Juliet committed a battery even though she was only trying to help? Please answer and explain how the legal theory applies.

Solution

Battery refers to an intentional infliction of a harmful or offensive bodily contact. The intent included in this definition refers to the “intent to make a contact”. It is not necessary that the defendant would try to harm the plaintiff willingly.

In this case, Juliet was voluntarily trying to set the arm. Although, she was only trying to help, but it won’t reduce her liability. Thus, she satisfies the “intent” required for the legal action.:D:

Hence, it is concluded that Juliet has committed a battery.