Sentences with phrase «extreme emotional damages»

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In order to recover damages in such an action, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant's conduct was extreme and outrageous, that the plaintiff's emotional distress is severe, and that the plaintiff's severe emotional distress was caused by the defendant's conduct.

Additionally, personal injury can also include damage to a person's reputation, such as defamation, or harm caused to a person's mental or emotional well - being, which occurs when a personal injury causes extreme psychological stress, anguish or turmoil.

Suing for Intentional infliction of emotional distress, sometimes referred to as the «tort of outrage,» allows individuals to recover damages for severe emotional distress if the individual is found to have intentionally or recklessly inflicted the emotional distress by behaving in a way that was «extreme and outrageous.»

As a general rule the Idaho courts have required very extreme conduct before allowing damages for the intentional infliction of emotional distress.