.2d Assault §1. An assault and battery are intentional acts. See generally, Spivey I. Battaglia 258 So.2d 815 (Fla. 1972); and Travelers Indem. Co. I. 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 direc