ur.2d Assault §1. An assault and battery are intentional acts. See generally, Spivey I. Battaglia, 258 So.2d 815 (Fla. 1972); and Travelers Indem. PCR Inc., 889 So.2d 779 (Fla. 2004). An "assault" is an intentional, unlawful offer of corporal injury to another by force, or exertion of force directed t