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Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) [1] is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual who intentionally or recklessly inflicted emotional distress by behaving in an "extreme and outrageous" way. [2]
Examples of this include physical or emotional pain and suffering, loss of companionship, loss of consortium, disfigurement, loss of reputation, impairment of mental or physical capacity, hedonic damages or loss of enjoyment of life, etc. [26] This is not easily quantifiable, and depends on the individual circumstances of the claimant. Judges ...
In a personal injury lawsuit in common law jurisdictions, the two basic forms of compensatory damages that may be awarded are economic damages, compensation for the injured person's past and future financial costs and losses, and non-economic damages, compensation for the pain and suffering which results from an injury. As many jurisdictions ...
KENNEBUNK, Maine — A local funeral home is denying allegations it mishandled the remains of a couple’s late infant daughter and added to their grief and trauma by inflicting emotional distress.
Bongolan is entitled to damages, the lawsuit claims, because she “has suffered, and continues to suffer, injuries and damages including physical injury, and mental and emotional distress” as a ...
Tiesi - who joined season six of the Netflix real estate show in 2023 - was accused of causing three ex employees “emotional distress” in the lawsuit filed on 25 April in Los Angeles ...
While claims seeking damages for infliction of emotional distress were historically an accessory claim in a tort action alleging another distinct tort, the doctrine has evolved in North America into a stand-alone tort while English jurisprudence has evolved to typically recognise only recognised psychiatric injuries as grounds for compensation ...
Pain and suffering is the legal term for the physical and emotional stress caused from an injury [1] (see also pain and suffering). Some damages that might come under this category would be: aches, temporary and permanent limitations on activity, potential shortening of life, depression or scarring .