Oxley Throws a Rock Intending to Hit Pieter but Misses

question 52

Multiple Choice

Oxley throws a rock intending to hit Pieter but misses and hits Ricardo who sustains an injury. Ricardo can most likely recover the cost of his injury from Oxley in a suit based on the tort theory of​

• A) ​battery.
• B) ​conversion.
• C) ​invasion of privacy.
• D) ​trespass.

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