extreme and outrageous conduct
The second IIED element: conduct beyond all possible bounds of decency, atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community; insults and indignities are not enough, and the course of conduct is judged as a whole in context.
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conducta extrema y ultrajante
Segundo elemento. Más allá de todo límite de decencia; los insultos no bastan; se mira el patrón completo y la relación entre las partes (GTE). Es el elemento más difícil de probar.
ExamplesEjemplos
- Years of screaming and physical intimidation were outrageous in GTE. Años de gritos e intimidación física fueron ultrajantes en GTE.
AuthorityFuente: Twyman, 855 S.W.2d at 621; GTE, 998 S.W.2d at 612–17
RelatedRelacionados: intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), severe emotional distress
Cases: Gonzales v. Gonzales, GTE Southwest, Inc. v. Bruce
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