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Old 04-06-11, 03:32 PM   #23
Gargamel
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Originally Posted by August View Post
There is no way that a severely disabled person can force a fit 27 year old to stay in a chair.
Gun? baseball bat at close range? Deadman switch? Anyways, it's the attempt, not the result.


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Not quite. There also has to be a reaonable ability to cause harm. I would argue that it will be awful difficult to prove against a severely disabled paraplegic bat or no.
No, my just acting like I'm going to make unwanted contact is assault. Making contact is battery.

My simply laying a hand on your shoulder could be construed as battery. I've had a colleague go to court over that very thing. Eventually they dropped the criminal trial when the EMS system decided to settle the civil end out of court.
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