What is an 'intentional tort'?

What is an 'intentional tort'?

Michael Ehline (Attorney at Law) gives expert video advice on: What is an 'intentional tort'?; What are common law intentional torts?; What is 'battery' under English common law? and more...

An intentional tort is similar to negligence, with the added element that instead of caused by neglect or failure to abide by a duty, the person acted with intent in causing the damages, such as in battery, or an assault. Or sometimes even a defamation, where someone intentionally slandered the name of another.