Protest 981860-G of Republic Steel Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that, “even if a trier of fact could infer that the hair-pulling caused the victim some pain, there is no evidence in the record that the degree or duration of the pain was sufficient to constitute ‘substantial pain’” (emphasis in original)
• where alleged harm was the loss of a clump of hair, noting lack of bleeding or broken skin as demonstrating that skin’s function was not impaired
• even if factfinder could infer that hair being pulled from victim’s head caused her some pain, no evidence that degree or duration was sufficient to constitute substantial pain
• “[E]ven if a trier of fact could infer that the hair-pulling caused the victim some pain, there is no evidence in the record that the degree or duration of the pain was sufficient to constitute ‘substantial pain.’ ”
• insufficient evidence of “substantial pain” where the victim, who had her hair pulled out by the defendant, did not testify that she felt pain and there were no physical signs from which it could be inferred that she had suffered substantial pain
• “[E]ven if a trier of fact could infer that the hair-pulling caused the victim some pain, there is no evidence in the record that the degree or duration of the pain was sufficient to constitute ‘substantial pain[.]’” (Emphasis in original.)

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