Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised for Fall '24)

Resource 2 . 3 . 1

8 minutes

Womack v. Eldridge ("The Distressing Allegation Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

What are the elements of the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED)? What makes this intentional tort similar to other intentional torts?

Supreme Court of Virginia

215 Va. 338

Record No. 730653

1974-12-02

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