BESKIND & COLEMAN, TORTS: DOCTRINE AND PROCESS vii CONVENTIONS We use certain conventions throughout the book that are important to note at the outset. This did not surprise Muniz because she knew that Everly sometimes acted obstinately. Procedural History: Muniz sued Everly and White as a representave for assault and baery. Muniz then brought a battery claim . White v. Muniz Colorado Supreme Court 999 P.2d 814 (2000) Facts White (defendant) moved her elderly grandmother, Everly, into a nursing home. The court of appeals reversed the decision of the trial court and remanded the case for a new trial. Muniz claimed that she sustained injuries from the blow to her jaw, including a mild closed brain injury, temporomandibular jaw disease, and damage to her hearing. Cohen v. Smith In November of 1994, Muniz filed suit alleging assault and battery3 against Everly, and negligence against Barbara and Timothy White.4 The case proceeded to a jury trial on March 17, 1997.5 While arguing outside the presence of the jury for specific jury instructions, the parties took differing positions on the mental state required to commit the alleged intentional torts. See Mujica v. Turner, 582 So.2d 24 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1991); Anicet v. Gant, 580 So.2d 273, (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1991); Gould v. American Family Mut. examined Everly at Longmont United Hospital. All rights reserved. Offensive - Reasonable sense of personal dignity - No consent. See Brzoska v. Olson, 668 A.2d 1355, 1360 (Del.1995) (stating that battery is an intentional, unpermitted contact on another which is harmful or offensive; and that the intent necessary for battery is the intent to contact the person); White v. University of Idaho, 118 Idaho 400, 797 P.2d 108, 111 (1990) (determining that battery requires an intent to cause an unpermitted contact, not an intent to make a harmful or offensive contact); University of Idaho, 118 Idaho 400, 797 P.2d at 111. Products liability refers to the liability of a seller of a chattel which, because of a defect, causes injury (usually personal) to its purchaser, user, or sometimes, a bystander. See Keeton, supra, 8. View Agueda Muniz results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. See id. The police techniques may not have violated their Due Process rights because they were not so coercive as to produce involuntary confessions. In fact, many of the Framers believed that the political structure created by the Constitution was the primary and essential vehicle through which to protect the liberty of the people. Further, since this case was not tried to the jury on a negligence claim, the duty of care owed by the patient to the caregiver for negligence purposes was not an issue. He argued that the instruction improperly broadened the holding in Horton v. Reaves, 186 Colo. 149, 526 P.2d 304 (1974), where the supreme court held that an infant must appreciate the offensiveness or wrongfulness of her conduct to be liable for an intentional tort. See Restatement, supra, 18 cmt. The court held that the jury had determined that there was no such intent. The court of appeals reversed and remanded the case, concluding that mentally deficient people could be liable for their intentional torts, regardless of their ability to understand the offensiveness of their actions. But D argues that she has to also appreciate the harm of the contact. Please check your email and confirm your registration. See id. [9] In a negligence action, comparative negligence principles may have come into play. This chapter summarizes the various common-law rules dealing with the obligations of owners of land, and the more modern rules that have sometimes replaced the common-law ones. Muniz requested the following instruction: "A person who has been found incompetent may intend to do an act even if he or she lacked control of reason and acted unreasonably." With regard to the intent element of the intentional torts of assault and battery, we hold that regardless of the characteristics of the alleged tortfeasor, a plaintiff must prove that the actor desired to cause offensive or harmful consequences by his act. For example, a person of reasonable intelligence knows with substantial certainty that a stone thrown into a crowd will strike someone and result in an offensive or harmful contact to that person. MULTI-PARTY AND MULTI-CLAIM LITIGATION. Citation334 U.S. 1 (1948) The actor thus could be held liable for battery because a reasonable person would find an injury offensive or harmful, irrespective of the intent of the actor to harm or offend. According to the Restatement:[I]t is necessary that an act be done for the purpose of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact to another or to a third person or with knowledge that such a result will, to a substantial certainty, be produced by his act. Lawyering Process Fall 2020 Professor George Madison Morgan White v Muniz 999 P.2d 814 (2000) Procedural History: The trial court ruled in favor of defendant. Such a univers Subject of law: PART IV. As you read, keep in mind that there is also a Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause, which applies only to the federal government; in general, anything that the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause would require the states to do, the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause requires the federal government to do. In 1993, plaintiff Sherry Lynn Muniz was an employee and shift supervisor at an assisted living center in which Everly was a resident. 3116, 13 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals, and remand for reinstatement of the jury verdict in favor of the defendant. View Norma Muniz Gaines results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. P is saying that intent to contact is enough. 803) The next day, Dr. Haven Howell, M.D. The publication of B.J.F.s full name was in violation of The Florida Stars own policy not to publish the names of sexual offense victims. Adverse Possession The legal action to remove a trespasser is called ejectment. As a result, insanity is not a defense to an intentional tort according to the ordinary use of that term, but is a characteristic, like infancy, that may make it more difficult to prove the intent element of battery. The caregiver informed Muniz that Everly was not cooperating in that effort. Substantially affects commerce: The activity being regulated substantially affects commerce; and OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND. THE FEDERAL COMMERCE POWER. Petitioner, Barbara White, as personal representative of the estate of Helen Everly, appeals the decision of the court of appeals in Muniz v. White, 979 P.2d 23, 25 (Colo.App.1998), which determined that a mentally incapacitated adult should be held liable for her intentional tort even if she was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions. CHAPTER 7 However, it nevertheless concluded that the Horton holding should be limited to its facts and not made applicable to adult defendants who suffer from a deficient mental capacity. 17, 2000). [4] Muniz originally filed suit in her name at the time, Sherry Lynn Hutcheson. The Understanding Law Video Lecture Series: Monthly Subscription ($19 / Month) White v. Muniz, 999 P.2d 814 (Colo. Apr. It read: The fact that a person may suffer from Dementia, Alzheimer type, does not prevent a finding that she acted intentionally. Ins. Subject of law: The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination. Email Address: State statutes containing racialclassificationsand their equal application do not immunize the statute from the heavy burden of justification that theFourteenth Amendmenthas traditionally required of state statutes drawn according to race. Due Process Clause generally: The Fourteenth Amendment provides (in Subject of law: Chapter 9. The jury was given the following instruction on intent: A person intends to make a contact with another person if she does an act for the purpose of bringing about such a contact, whether or not she also intends that the contact be harmful or offensive. Brief Fact Summary. At issue, is whether an intentional tort requires some proof that the tortfeasor not only intended to contact another person, but also intended that the contact be harmful or offensive to the other person. A landowner can have a person wrongfully on his land, such as a trespasser, removed from the property. Copyright 2023, Thomson Reuters. The Separation of Powers. Jury reasoned that See Hall v. Walter, 969 P.2d 224, 238 (Colo.1998) (stating that the court presumes the jury followed instructions in reaching its verdict). The intent must include some awareness of the natural consequences of intentional acts, and the person must appreciate the consequences of intentional acts, and the person must appreciate the offensiveness or wrongfulness of her acts. Legal debate exists since an individual may intend to cause the contact but not intend . Kelly v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. (1963) 3, is merely an affirmative grant of legislative power to Congress, authorizing it [t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. In Chapter 5, we examine the extent to which Congress may legislate under this clause. The error relates to Instruction 11 and to the first paragraph of Instruction 13, in which there is a suggestion that the conduct need only result in harmful or offensive contact, even without the actor's intent to harm or offend. Importance: Products liability is the fastest-growing, and probably now the most economically significant, branch of tort law. On November 21, 1993, the caregiver in charge of Everly's wing asked Sherry Lynn Muniz, a shift supervisor at Hover, to change Everly's adult diaper. The caregiver informed Muniz that Everly was not cooperating in that effort. Because the trial court refused to allow Muniz to bring a negligence claim for procedural reasons, we do not address the negligence issues present here. 7.1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW United States Colorado Supreme Court of Colorado April 17, 2000 .or reckless if the risk threatened bodily harm. Held. Courts occasionally have intertwined these two distinct understandings of the requisite intent. Stay connected to Quimbee here: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=QuimbeeDotComQuimbee Case Brief App https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-overviewFacebook https://www.facebook.com/quimbeedotcom/Twitter https://twitter.com/quimbeedotcom#casebriefs #lawcases #casesummaries While at the home, Everly showed signs of dementia, becoming easily agitated and acting aggressive. Further, since this case was not tried to the jury on a negligence claim, the duty of care owed by the patient to the caregiver for negligence purposes was not an issue. In Horton v. Reaves, the Supreme Court held that in order to hold an infant liable for his intentional tort, the infant must appreciate the offensiveness or wrongfulness of the act. EQUAL PROTECTION Petitioner, Barbara White, as personal representative of 1 Citing Cases From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research Muniz v. White Download PDF Check Treatment "Casetext is a game changer! An actor is subject to liability to another for battery if he acts intending to cause a harmful or offensive contact with the person of the other or a third person, or if an imminent apprehension of such a contact, and an offensive or harmful contact with the person of the other directly or indirectly results. See Restatement, supra, 8A; Keeton, supra, 8; 6 Am.Jur.2d Assault and Battery 8 (1999). Accordingly, we reverse the decision of the court of appeals, and remand the case to that court for reinstatement of the jury verdict in favor of White and consideration of any remaining issues. Get more case briefs explained with Quimbee. Jefferson, President Adams successor, ordered Madison, the new Secretary of State, not to deliver the commissions. State courts and legal commentators generally agree that an intentional tort requires some proof that the tortfeasor intended harm or offense. Furthermore, because the mentally disabled are held to the reasonable person standard in negligence actions, victims may find relief more easily under a negligence cause of action. Every Bundle includes the complete text from each of the titles below: PLUS: Hundreds of law school topic-related videos from Our decision today does not create a special rule for the elderly, but applies Colorado's intent requirement in the context of a woman suffering the effects of Alzheimer's. Thus, it was not enough that a person intentionally contacted another resulting in a harmful or offensive contact. See id. Victims may still bring intentional tort actions against mentally disabled adults, but to prevail, they must prove all the elements of the alleged tort. View Mario Muniz Borrego results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Ins. The same principles would apply in the assault context. Because a child made the contact, the jury had to examine the objective evidence to determine if the child actors intended their actions to be offensive or harmful. See University of Idaho, 118 Idaho 400, 797 P.2d at 111. A link to your Casebriefs LSAT Prep Course Workbook will begin to download upon confirmation of your email [W]here one of two innocent persons must suffer a loss, it should be borne by the one who occasioned it. Muniz v. White, 979 P.2d 23, 25 (Colo.App.1998). See id. You may find that she acted intentionally if she intended to do what she did, even though her reasons and motives were entirely irrational. White v. Muniz - D is an 83 year old woman who attacks her nurse when she was trying to change the D's diaper. Accordingly, we reverse the decision of the court of appeals, and remand the case to that court for reinstatement of the jury verdict in favor of White and consideration of any remaining issues. Schenck v. United States (S.Ct. These courts would find intent in contact to the back of a friend that results in a severe, unexpected injury even though the actor did not intend the contact to be harmful or offensive. Instead, the actor had to understand that his contact would be harmful or offensive. The last paragraph of Instruction 13 cures the error to some extent because the court instructed the jury that the defendant "must have appreciated the offensiveness of her conduct.". The term is used here to include both situations where P purchased the item directly from D and those where there was no contractual relationship between P and D. This case is a challenge to the decision of the Court of Appeals of Colorado, which determined that a mentally incapacitated adult should be held liable for her intentional tort even if she was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions. 1) Zak was tried for drugs and firearms violations, based on evidence that he sold about $25,000 worth of cocaine per week in New York City and employed 50 or so street hustlers to execute these sales. In this case, we have the opportunity to examine intent in the context of an injury inflicted by a mentally deficient, Alzheimer's patient. MULTI-PARTY AND MULTI-CLAIM LITIGATION See 13-21-111, 5 C.R.S. White v. Muniz, supra, 999 P.2d at 816 n. 6 (emphasis added). Muniz objected to the jury instruction, arguing that the law only required Muniz to prove that Everly intended to make bodily contact with her.The jury rendered a verdict in favor of Everlys estate, and Muniz appealed. This chapter addresses the elusive element of duty. See 13-21-111, 5 C.R.S. Tweet apprehension of such contact; AND White seeks an extension of Horton to the mentally ill, and Muniz argues that a mere voluntary movement by Everly can constitute the requisite intent. Muniz's counsel objected to the last sentence of the instruction, claiming that it misstated the law. THE DUTY ELEMENT. Restatement (Second) of Torts 18 (1965)(emphasis added); see also Hall v. McBryde, 919 P.2d 910, 913-14 (Colo.App. Authorities often classify the insane with infants in analyzing tort liability. According to the Restatement (Second) of Torts. Our decision today does not create a special rule for the elderly, but applies Colorado's intent requirement in the context of a woman suffering the effects of Alzheimer's. 1919) Brief Fact Summary. Our conclusion comported with the Restatement's definition of intent; it did not state a new special rule for children, but applied the general rule to the context of an intentional tort of battery committed by a child. White seeks an extension of Horton to the mentally ill, [7] and Muniz argues that a mere voluntary movement by Everly can constitute the requisite intent. 4449, 2000-1 U.S. Tax Cas. Facts: Marbury was a justices-of-the-peace whom President Adams, on his last day in office, appointed for the District of Columbia. INTRODUCTION [3] For simplicity, we address the issues in this case in terms of the battery claim only. White v. Muniz Colorado Court 2000 Pg. It is hornbook law that the plaintiff in a negligence case must prove four elements in order to recover: duty, breach, causation, and damages. Get free summaries of new Colorado Supreme Court opinions delivered to your inbox! See Horton, 186 Colo. at 155-56, 526 P.2d at 307-08. The language in a jury instruction cannot be a ground for reversal unless it prejudices a party's substantial rights. See Brzoska v. Olson, 668 A.2d 1355, 1360 (Del.1995) (stating that battery is an intentional, unpermitted contact on another which is harmful or offensive; and that the intent necessary for battery is the intent to contact the person); White v. University of Idaho, 118 Idaho 400, 797 P.2d 108, 111 (1990) (determining that battery requires an intent to cause an unpermitted contact, not an intent to make a harmful or offensive contact); University of Idaho, 118 Idaho 400, 797 P.2d at 111. The Supreme Court reversed judgment and reinstated the jury verdict. Knapp & Sachs, P.C., Benjamin Sachs, Debra Knapp, Denver, Colorado; Law Office of Kathleen Mullen, P.C., Kathleen Mullen, Denver, Colorado; The Legal Center For People With Disabilities And Older People, Chester R. Chapman, Claire Williamson, Denver, Colorado; Law Offices of John Robert Holland, P.C., John Robert Holland, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amici Curiae AARP, The Alzheimer's Association (National), The Alzheimer's Association Rocky Mountain Chapter, The ARC of Colorado, Guardianship Alliance of Colorado, The Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People, and National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. Thepetitioneris an African American woman and married a white man in the District of Columbia. PRODUCTS LIABILITY Plaintiff subsequently brought suit against Barbara White, Everlys granddaughter, and Everly (Defendants). You may find that she acted intentionally if she intended to do what she did, even though her reasons and motives were entirely irrational. Courts occasionally have intertwined these two distinct understandings of the requisite intent. An act which is not done with the intention previously stated does not make the actor liable to the other for a mere offensive contact with the other's person although the act involves an unreasonable risk of inflicting it, and therefore, would be negligent or reckless if the risk threatened bodily harm. (b)an offensive [or harmful] contact with the person of the other directly or indirectly results. POSSESSION, PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND ADVERSE POSSESSION, Chapter 8. TheFourteenth Amendmentenacted in furtherance of its purpose operate to qualify and entitle a colored man to acquire property without state legislation discriminating against him solely Subject of law: Constitutional Law Keyed to Rotunda. On one occasion, she struck plaintiff care-giver in the jaw. Based on this incident, she filed a complaint against Everly and Barbara White and Timothy White, Everly's granddaughter and her husband. Submit your questions and get answers from a real attorney here: https://www.quimbee.com/cases/white-v-munizDid we just become best friends? Operating in accordance with this instruction, the jury had to find that Everly appreciated the offensiveness of her conduct in order to be liable for the intentional tort of battery. The trial court settled on a slightly modified version of White's instruction. On appeal, the court ruled that a mentally incapacitated adult should be held liable for her intentional tort even if she was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions. CHAPTER 1 Dr. Howell deduced that "she [had] a progressive dementia with characteristic gradual loss of function, loss of higher cortical function including immediate and short term memory, impulse control and judgement." Restatement (Second) of Torts 18 (1965) (emphasis added); see also Hall v. 5. [2] Within a few days of admission, Everly started exhibiting erratic behavior. White argues that Alzheimer's patients residing in elder care facilities owe no duty of care to their caretakers because the patients reside there due to their infirmities. The most important is that we omit string citations in original materials that are unnecessary (CCH) P50,499, 2000 Cal. Chapter 9 Historically, the intentional tort of battery required a subjective desire on the part of the tortfeasor to inflict a harmful or offensive contact on another. Shortly after having taken residence at Beatrice Hover Personal Care Center, an adult assisted living facility, eighty-three year-old Helen Everly (Defendant) struck Sherry Lynn Muniz (Plaintiff), a professional caregiver at the center. The actual instruction used by the court in this case is not consistent with our holding today; however, the error worked in favor of the plaintiff. Since the jury found for the defendant even in the face of the error, the error has no bearing on our decision. Citation. Plaintiff subsequently brought suit against Barbara White, Everlys granddaughter, and Everly (Defendants). This result complied with both the Colorado jury instruction at the time, and the definition of battery in the Restatement. Muniz alleged that, while caring for Everly one evening and attempting to change her soaked diapers, Everly struck her in the jaw, spat and swore at her, and told her to get out of her room. The Federal Rules provide for both permissive and compulsory counterclaims. Subject of law: Implied Fundamental Rights. Yet, our decision does not bar future injured persons from seeking compensation. (Emphasis added.) : an American History, ATI System Disorder Template Heart Failure, Death Penalty Research Paper - Can Capital Punishment Ever Be Justified, Skomer Casey, Civ Pro Flowcharts - Civil Procedure Flow Charts, Request for Approval to Conduct Research rev2017 Final c626 t2, Lesson 9 Seismic Waves; Locating Earthquakes, ECO 201 - Chapter 5 Elasticity and Its Applications, TB-Chapter 16 Ears - These are test bank questions that I paid for. Subject of law: Constitutional Rights During Police Interrogation. [5] Prior to trial, the trial court dismissed the negligence claim brought by Muniz against Barbara and Timothy White. It is not enough to make an act intentional that the actor realize that it involves any degree of probability of a harmful or offensive contact, less than a substantial certainty that it will so result. The plaintiff need not prove, however, that the actor intended the harm that actually results. You already receive all suggested Justia Opinion Summary Newsletters. Because Colorado law requires a dual intent, we apply here the Restatement's definition of the term. Injured parties consistently have argued that even if the tortfeasor intended no harm or offense, where one of two innocent persons must suffer a loss, it should be borne by the one who occasioned it. Keeton, supra, 135. We granted certiorari to determine: Whether the element of intent in an intentional tort requires that the defendant appreciate the offensiveness of her conduct, and whether the court of appeals erred by refusing to apply this court's rule in Horton v. Reaves, 186 Colo. 149, 526 P.2d 304 (1974), to a mentally incapacitated adult. Because we received this issue in the context of an assault and battery, we answer this question in regard to those intentional torts only. She married on December 9, 1994 and the caption changed accordingly. An elderly woman who was placed in a personal care center began to exhibit erratic behavior, becoming agitated easily and acting aggressively toward others on occasion. Petitioner, Barbara White, as personal representative of the estate of Helen Everly, appeals the decision of the court of appeals in Muniz v. White, 979 P.2d 23, 25 (Colo.App.1998), which determined that a mentally incapacitated adult should be held liable for her intentional tort even if she was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of her . The newspaper got the information lawfully from an inadvertent mistake by the police department when it prepared a report with B.J.F.s full name and placed the report in its publicly accessible press room. Holding: Reject Munizs arguments and find trial ct delivered an adequate instruction to the jury. EQUAL PROTECTION. Copyright 2023 StudeerSnel B.V., Keizersgracht 424, 1016 GC Amsterdam, KVK: 56829787, BTW: NL852321363B01, White was granddaughter of Everly who placed her into the facility, of instruction which stated person with dementia must have appreciated of, person, but also that the contact be harmful or of, Everly did not possess the necessary intent to commit an assault or batte, Psychology (David G. Myers; C. Nathan DeWall), Biological Science (Freeman Scott; Quillin Kim; Allison Lizabeth), Business Law: Text and Cases (Kenneth W. Clarkson; Roger LeRoy Miller; Frank B. However, as Muniz reached toward the diaper, Everly struck Muniz on the jaw and ordered her out of the room. Rather, we conclude that under the facts present in this case, in order to recover on a theory of intentional tort, the plaintiff, Sherry Lynn Muniz, was required to prove that Everly intended to commit an act and that Everly intended the act to result in a harmful or offensive contact. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) address. Did the trial court err in improperly instructing the jury on intent? With regard to the intent element of the intentional torts of assault and battery, we hold that regardless of the characteristics of the alleged tortfeasor, a plaintiff must prove that the actor desired to cause offensive or harmful consequences by his act. In Horton v. Reaves, 186 Colo. 149, 526 P.2d 304 (1974), we upheld the trial court's dismissal of a child's claim in simple negligence against a parent because "the liability of a parent can be predicated only upon wilful and wanton misconduct," Horton, 186 Colo. at 156, 526 P.2d at 308, but not simple . See Keeton, supra, 8. A link to your Casebriefs LSAT Prep Course Workbook will begin to download upon confirmation of your email This Chapter examines various devices that either enlarge the number of claims between the existing parties to a litigation, or bring new parties into the litigation. Procedural History: Trial ct found for Everly and White (Munizs counsel had objected to part e;[6] Keeton 8. (2)An act which is not done with the intention stated in Subsection (1, a) does not make the actor liable to the other for a mere offensive contact with the other's person although the act involves an unreasonable risk of inflicting it and, therefore, would be negligent or reckless if the risk threatened bodily harm. The negligence claim against the Whites was dismissed prior to trial. An actor is subject to liability to another for battery if: Colorado law requires a dual intent, so the jury had to find Everly appreciated the, Vincent v Lake Erie Transportation Co Case Brief, Mohr v. 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