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Originally posted by DCVersion2ATO
[B]It cannot be False Imprisonment, because there was an alternate method of escape. If they were in a room with only one door, then yes, it would have been false imprisonment. It will most likely be Assult and Battery, torts that entail no jail time and are not a criminal activities, legally speaking. Thus, there would be only monetary compensatory and perhaps (but not likely) punitive damages.
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By the way, that's wrong. If you are kept in a confined space by the threat of force or the perceived threat of force, that's sufficient to prove the tort. The facts above state that the boys were in the pool, and when they attempted to escape, they were shoved back in -- false imprisonment is an easy one here, not to mention assault and battery.
I'm about to go Prosser & Keeton on 'yo azz.