MacCrone v. Edwards Center, Inc.

As the majority correctly describes, the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) requires proof of the elements that the “defendant intended to inflict severe emotional distress on the plaintiff” and that the defendant’s act giving rise to the distress constituted “extraordinary conduct which a reasonable jury could find beyond the farthest reaches of socially tolerable behavior.” The Supreme Court has emphasized that the intent element and the “extraordinary conduct” elements are separate and distinct and that both must be present in order for the tort to be found. See…