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Did AA harm BB?

No  AA want to harm BB?  Yes  Assault  No  not liable. Yes  intentional  yes consent  yes (maybe) not liable. No  Did BB hit back with reasonable force  Yes  B liable.  No  Self-defense.  Necessity/public good  yes  did you damage BB  yes  (likely) liable; No  (likely) not liable;  Conduct extremely outrageous  yes  IIED No  no IIED.  No  AA the proximate cause BB harm?  no  not liable; yes  reasonable person harm BB in that situation  yes  not liable;  no  violate a rule by harming BB  yes  negligence per se  no  BB assume the harm  yes  harm > expect  yes  did AA behave well  yes  negligence;  no  comparative negligence(below) no  assumption of risk;  no  did AA behave well  yes negligence no  comparative negligence  pure  AA get recovery;  50/50  not necessarily recover;

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