Jeremy, Eric’s five-year-old child, was playing in the backyard when his neighbor, an elderly woman named Helen, went outside to sit down. Jeremy pulled the lawn chair away just before Helen sat down. Helen was unable to catch herself and fell to the ground. As a result, she fractured her hip. Jeremy did not intend to hurt Helen and did not believe she would be hurt. The child was aware, however, that if he pulled away the chair as Helen was sitting down, she would almost certainly land on the ground.

A.) Would the legal outcome be different if the child had been running in the yard and tripped over the chair just as Helen was sitting down, resulting in the same injury to her? Explain your answer.