Torts: Intentional Torts — Trespass to Chattels and Conversion

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00:00 Trespass to Chattels vs. Conversion Overview
Introduces the two distinct torts, explains their overlap, and outlines the extra element required for conversion.

03:03 Shared Core Elements Across Intentional Torts
Connects trespass to chattels and conversion to other intentional torts through the same prima facie elements: voluntary act, intent, and causation.

04:27 Causation in Trespass to Chattels and Conversion
Explains that the defendant must be a substantial factor in causing interference with the plaintiff’s right of possession, with causation rarely being disputed.

07:20 Defining Personal Property and Interference
Clarifies that these torts deal with movable personal property, not land, and sets the stage for determining what counts as interference.

10:05 Actual Damages Requirement
Establishes that actual compensable damages are necessary, with examples involving harm to property or harm to the plaintiff.

13:44 Dispossession as Automatic Actual Damages
Explains that theft or wrongful total deprivation of property automatically satisfies the damages requirement, regardless of how quickly property is returned.

19:56 Loss of Use as Actual Damages
Covers how substantial, measurable deprivation of property use can constitute actual damages, distinguishing it from momentary interference.

25:03 Four Ways to Prove Actual Damages
Summarizes the four qualifying harms: dispossession, substantial loss of use, harm to the property itself, and harm to the plaintiff.

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