1 To be liable for an intentional tort, a tortfeasor (defendant) must intend to harm the plaintiff. 2. The concepts and terms used in tort law do not always correspond to those used in criminal law. 3. Battery includes harmful or offensive contact even if the defendant intended only to frighten but not harm the plaintiff. 4. To commit battery, the defendant must actually touch the plaintiff with his body. 5. Battery must involve contact with the plaintiff's body, not something attached to his body. 6. To commit battery, the defendant must cause the plaintiff pain or bodily harm. 7. in determining whether a contact is offensive, the question is whether any person of reasonable dignity would be offended. 8. The defendant is liable for the full extent of the plaintiff's harm even if he could not have reasonably anticipated that harm