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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. 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.

  4. Gary Namie - Wikipedia

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    The phrase ‘workplace bullying,’ like other general terms used to characterize a person’s behavior, is an entirely appropriate consideration…workplace bullying could be considered a form of intentional infliction of emotional distress. [9]

  5. 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 ...

  6. Wilkinson v Downton - Wikipedia

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    Wilkinson v Downton [1897] EWHC 1 (QB), [1897] 2 QB 57 is an English tort law decision in which the Common Law first recognised the tort of intentional infliction of mental shock. At the time, this was not covered under the law of negligence.

  7. The disturbing messages shared between AI Chatbot and teen ...

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    Sewell’s mother has accused the creators of the chatbot service, Character.AI, of negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, deceptive trade practices, and other claims. Garcia ...

  8. 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)

  9. Intentional tort - Wikipedia

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    An intentional tort is a category of torts that describes a civil wrong resulting from an intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor (alleged wrongdoer). The term negligence, on the other hand, pertains to a tort that simply results from the failure of the tortfeasor to take sufficient care in fulfilling a duty owed, while strict liability torts refers to situations where a party is liable ...