The increments in plasma growth hormone after arginine infusion and after insulin-induced hypoglycemia are compared, and some reservations concerning the use of arginine infusion as a provocative test for the hormone are set forth.
Intentional torts are civil law violations that involve intentional acts by the defendant. These are distinguished from violations that are accidental, such as those involving negligence. Intentional torts include acts like: assault, battery, theft, property damage, invasion of privacy, slander/defamation, and other acts.
One defense to the damages element of a legal malpractice claim is that the damages. claimed by the plaintiff are speculative. Damages in a legal malpractice action must be actual. and ascertainable, and not merely speculative.35 In other words, âspeculation on future eventsâ.