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  2. Intentional infliction of emotional distress - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Dillon v. Legg - Wikipedia

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    Dillon v. Legg, 68 Cal. 2d 728 (1968), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of California that established the tort of negligent infliction of emotional distress.To date, it is the most persuasive decision of the most persuasive state supreme court in the United States during the latter half of the 20th century: Dillon has been favorably cited and followed by at least twenty reported out-of ...

  4. United States tort law - Wikipedia

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    IIED also includes recklessness. This still distinguishes it from negligent infliction of emotional distress, though. Extreme and outrageous conduct refers to the act. Severe emotional distress refers to the result. This is another intentional tort for which no damage is ordinarily required.

  5. Non-economic damages caps - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Negligent infliction of emotional distress - Wikipedia

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    Instead, these jurisdictions usually allow recovery for emotional distress where such distress: is inflicted intentionally (i.e., intentional infliction of emotional distress) is directly associated with a physical injury negligently inflicted upon a victim (e.g., emotional distress resulting from a loss of limb or disfigurement of the face)

  7. Rudy Giuliani hit with $148M verdict for defaming two Georgia ...

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    The plaintiffs were awarded $20 million each for emotional distress, and $75 million between them in punitive damages. Freeman was separately awarded just over $16 million in defamation damages ...

  8. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Section 1431.2, subdivision (b)(2) similarly defines noneconomic damages as 'subjective, non-monetary losses including, but not limited to, pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental suffering, emotional distress, loss of society and companionship, loss of consortium, injury to reputation and humiliation.'" [40] Tort reform supporters argue that ...

  9. Passengers sue US airline for 'emotional distress' after off ...

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    Three passengers filed a lawsuit to hold Alaska Airlines accountable for a “breach of trust” that caused “emotional distress” when an off-duty pilot attempted to hijack and crash a plane ...

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