IIED - Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

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IIED - Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

It is a tort (civil wrong) in U.S. law where one person intentionally or recklessly engages in extreme and outrageous conduct that causes severe emotional distress to another person. The victim can sue for damages.

Key elements (Restatement (Second) of Torts § 46):
- Intentional or reckless conduct
- Extreme and outrageous behavior
- Causation
- Severe emotional distress (often requiring physical symptoms or medical evidence in many states)