Legal Principle: A person, intentionally causing harm to others, is liable for a battery. A person is said to have intended the harm, in so far as he brings about the harm purposefully or knowingly. Factual Situation: A teacher suffering from arthritis problem was moving around the classroom in the course of teaching. As she was moving backwards to reach her chair, a student saw a scorpion moving underneath the chair and immediately rushed to attack the scorpion and in that process, moved the chair. Meanwhile, the teacher fell down in the process of taking her seat and broke her hips. A suit was filed against the student for battery.