Assignment Question: 1. Examine each of the following situations and decide with reasons whether any tort has been committed.

A. You threaten to punch a security guard who has just ticketed your car.

B. A hockey player body checks an opponent in a hockey game giving him a concussion.

C. A bouncer punches a drunk bar patron who refuses to leave the premises when requested.

D. A doctor gives a blood transfusion to a seriously injured Jehovah Witness who has indicated that he does not want a blood transfusion.

E. Some enterprising business students have opened a dance club in a vacant barn they have renovated adjacent to a newly constructed residential subdivision in rural Halton. The neighbours are complaining about the noise and lights.

F. A group of striking workers have circulated a flyer falsely stating that their employers product uses cheap components imported from China. As a result, product sales have dropped.

G. The marketing department of Martha Stewart Inc. has convinced Zellers, through various financial incentives, to break an existing contract with another supplier and to exclusively carry Martha Stewart products.

H. A police officer detains a person for questioning who fits the description of the person who robbed your business. It is not the robber.

I. Your supervisor writes a performance appraisal for your employer which is critical of the quality of your job performance and results in your firing.

J. You have security staff physically remove a person from your restaurant premises who refuses to leave when requested.