(Solved): The doctrine of transferred intent applies to assault cases. Hence, a defendant acting with the int ...

The doctrine of transferred intent applies to assault cases. Hence, a defendant acting with the intent to commit battery who causes the plaintiff to reasonably apprehend immediate harmful or offensive contact has committed an Question 15 To establish a prima facie case for false imprisonment, the following elements must be oroved: 1) An act or omission to act on the part of the defendant that confines or restrains the plaintiff to a area; 2) Intent on the part of the defendant to confine or the plaintiff to a bounded area; and 3) Causation.