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During а breаk in а middle schооl classrоom, Liam was sitting behind Maya. Liam wanted to get Maya’s attention and also thought it would be funny to see her reaction. Without intending to hurt her, Liam waived his foot under Maya's desk trying to get her attention. Liam insisted that his only purpose was to annoy Maya, not to injure her or even make contact with her. However, he admitted that he knew Maya was sitting very close to him and that extending his leg in that way was likely to make contact with her, though he did try to avoid this. Liam in fact did kick Maya's knee, causing her to receive a signifcant bruise. Draft a brief legal analysis of this fact pattern. The analysis should do the following: (i) State the relevant legal issue that is raised by these facts (ii) State the relevant legal rule or rules for resolving this legal issue. (iii) Directly apply the rule or rules to the facts. If different rules produce different outcomes, your analysis should make this clear and explain how the variation in rules matters. (iv) Analogize or distinguish the Vosberg v. Putney case. (v) Offer the best counter-argument to your analysis; a counter-argument is not about which rules should be used in the analysis, but about how any specific rule should apply to the specific fact pattern; often it is effective to highlight what facts are not known but could impact the analysis.