Exam 7: Infliction of Emotional Distress

Tom points a loaded gun at a ten-year-old child. The child runs away laughing.

Most courts allow NIED claims if the emotional distress was foreseeable to the defendant because the plaintiff was in the zone of danger, and the plaintiff suffered substantial physical symptoms as a result of the distress.

A plaintiff charging a media defendant with intentional infliction of emotional distress must show that the defendant published a false statement of fact with ________.

Creating a very great risk that something will occur constitutes ________.

Under what circumstances will most states grant a plaintiff (bystander) recovery for negligent infliction of emotional distress when the plaintiff witnesses someone else's injury?

Pain and suffering is physical discomfort or emotional distress that results from being the victim of a tort.

You are liable for every emotional distress that you cause.

President Clinton did not commit intentional infliction of emotional distress (outrage) against Paula Corbin Jones

When can a public official or public figure successfully sue a media defendant for intentional infliction of emotional distress?

Every criminal assault is also an intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The same conduct can constitute a traditional intentional tort such as battery, as well as the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Intentional torts can cause a great deal of harm. Why isn't every intentional tort also an intentional infliction of emotional distress?