Mrs. Higgins is in the office because of a severe sinus infection, and the physician orders an antibiotic injection. Jerome, the office assistant, prepares the injection, but when Mrs. Higgins sees the needle, she exclaims, "No! You are not going to stick me with that needle!" Jerome replies soothingly, "It's for your own good, Mrs. Higgins" and proceeds to give the shot. Jerome is guilty of ____.
A. battery
B. fraud
C. invasion of privacy
D. assault
E. false imprisonment
A. battery
Mrs. Higgins specifically refused the injection, so giving it to her anyway is the intentional tort of battery.
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