Examples Of Transferred Intent

Transferred intent Is a legal doctrine that when a person intended to harm one person but inadvertently harmed another the perpetrator is still liable. The courts must prove the person had criminal intent They have to prove the person knew another person would be harm in the action.Transfer intent also apply with tort law. There is five areas where transfer of intent is applicable battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass to land, and trespass to chattels.Any intent to cause these tortious laws will be intent to act. An example of this a Murder kills person A while intend to kill person B the intended target was killed, so the murder is still liable because the murder knew he could kill someone else trying to kill the intended target.