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Pauline broke things off with her boyfriend, David. He later drove to her house and said he wanted to talk to her. She agreed to

Pauline broke things off with her boyfriend, David. He later drove to her house and said he wanted to talk to her. She agreed to travel to the grocery store with him in his car on the condition that he would take her directly home. In the car, he called her a "conniving bitch" and a "whore." When they returned to her house from the grocery store, Pauline opened the car door to get out, but David suddenly drove off at a high rate of speed. David started screaming at Pauline that he was going to kill her if she did not agree to take him back. Pauline hung onto the door to avoid falling onto the road. David drove for six blocks and then stopped the car and Pauline got out. She walked back to her house, drove to the courthouse and sued David. Under which of the following legal theories is Pauline most likely to prevail?

  1. False imprisonment.
  2. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.
  3. Defamation
  4. Conversion.
  5. 1 & 2 are correct

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