Coriana was walking her pet alligator and her pet tiger when she ran into Gloria on the street. The two had a friendly conversation, but then the subject of whether the legal system should keep the Erie doctrine came up. Coriana became enraged as Gloria argued for repudiating the Erie doctrine. Gloria responded by calling Coriana a "civil procedure illiterate loser" so loud that everyone else in the neighborhood said "dang" at the same time. Coriana responded by saying that listening to Gloria was more boring than learning about recording statutes in property and ordered her alligator and tiger to attack. Fortunately, Gloria was wearing samurai armor and sustained only minor cuts and bruises. Gloria sues Coriana for defamation in the first lawsuit, and loses a jury verdict. In a second lawsuit, she sues for battery. Coriana asserts that the battery claim is precluded. What result under the transactional and evidentiary tests?A.Precluded under both.B.Precluded under the transactional, but not the evidentiary test.C.Precluded under the evidentiary, but not transactional test.D.Precluded under neither test.

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