The woman can bring an intentional tort against the store for: assault - any action that arouses reasonable apprehension of imminent harm; battery - unauthorized and harmful or offensive physical contact with another person; false imprisonment -intentional confinement or restraint of another without authority or justification and without that person's consent; and defamation of character - false statements made by one person about another or untrue statements of fact (Intentional, 2006).
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