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intentional infliction of emotional distress: a standalone construct

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Tort law

liability for extreme and outrageous conduct that intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress, developed from older mental disturbance cases.

In tort law, intentional infliction of emotional distress refers to liability for extreme and outrageous conduct that intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress, developed from older mental disturbance cases. This meaning comes from Magruder (1936) in Harvard Law Review.[1]

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References

Magruder, C. (1936). Mental and Emotional Disturbance in the Law of Torts. Harvard Law Review, 49(7), 1033. https://doi.org/10.2307/1333061

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