In Fuerschbach v. Southwest Airlines, where Fuerschbach was "arrested" by the police as a prank at work, the appeals court held that there:
A) could be a tort of misrepresentation as the police were not really making an arrest
B) could be a tort of assault and battery by the workers who arranged the "arrest"
C) could be no tort because no malice was involved
D) could be no tort because a reasonable person would not act like Fuerschbach did
E) none of the other choices

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The appeals court held that the prank could potentially constitute a tort of battery because it involved harmful or offensive contact (the handcuffing and the public nature of the arrest), not because of misrepresentation, assault by the workers, malice, or the reasonableness of Fuerschbach's actions.

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