
(1) An actor is subject to liability to another for battery if
(a) He acts intending to cause a harmful or offensive contact with the person of the other or a third person, or an imminent apprehension of such a contact, and
(b) An offensive contact with the person of the other directly or indirectly results.
(2) An act which is not done with the intention stated in Subsection (1)(a) doe s not make the actor liable to the other or 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.
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