RE: More bad news

["Huesgen, Jim" <radjh@showme.missouri.edu>]

As health law provides, for assault to occur only the threat of harm need
exist.  If actual harm occurs, then battery has also occurred.
Significantly, the courts have consistently ruled that the person being
assaulted need only to believe that harm may have occurred to her for the
assault to occur. Hence, it is possible to charge a person who holds up a
bank with a water gun to be charged with assault *with a deadly* weapon.  It
is a legal point, not radiation safety and probably off subject. Melissa?

-----Original Message-----
From: Cook, Lew (LCOO) [mailto:LCOO@chevron.com]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 15:29
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: RE: More bad news



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	George Rawls [SMTP:george@ehs.ufl.edu]
> Sent:	Friday, August 20, 1999 1:23 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	RE: More bad news
> 
> The charge should  have been malicious mischief.
> 
	>>>>
	That's OK for contaminating the chair, but the deliberate exposure
of a person is an assault.

	Regards, Lew
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