Question

Alexa waves at Bella in a friendly fashion and reaches out to pat her on the shoulder. Bella, who has a pathological fear of catching germs from others, recoils violently from the contact. Which of the following is correct?

Options

• Alexa has assaulted Bella because Bella reasonably feared contact that she (Bella) would find offensive

• Alexa has not assaulted Bella because the contact that Alexa threatened would not have been regarded as offensive by a reasonable person

• Alexa has not assaulted Bella because Bella was abnormally apprehensive that Alexa would make contact with her

• Alexa has assaulted Bella because Bella actually feared contact that a reasonable person would find offensive

Answer 1

Alexa has not assaulted Bella because the contact that Alexa threatened would not have been regarded as offensive by a reasonable person