Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED)

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Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) is when conduct that is so offensive that a reasonable person would say “Outrageous!”

• known as the tort of outrage

Proving

• plaintiff must show:
  • defendant acted intentionally or recklessly
  • defendant’s conduct was extreme and outrageous
  • defendant’s conduct caused the plaintiff severe emotional distress

Outrageous Conduce

• outrageous conduct is “beyond all possible bounds of decency and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”
  • Restatement (Second) of the Law of Torts