What is intentional emotional distress? How can it be used in court? How it can be used opposed to slander?

Question

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Answer 1

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) is used in Tort law. (civil court, no criminal charges, the he said/she said stuff). For example, if someone starts a malicious rumour about you...saying that you are, I don't know, whatever would hurt your feelings. If there is reason to believe they would be aware this would hurt your feelings, then there is IIED. It happens with racial slurs, etc. Slander is when you say something against someone's character that you do not know to be true.

Answer 2

Intentional emotional distress would be like someone sending photos of a murder victim to his family just for entertainment. Slander is saying false things about someone that damages his reputation.

One cannot be used opposed to the other because they are completely unrelated. A victim may suffer emotional distress as the result of someone's intentional slander, however, slander is the underlying offense and distress is assumed to occur as a result.

On the other hand, sending someone photos is not a civil or criminal offense, in and of itself, but sending them photos of a dead loved one to torment them is.

Answer 3

Slander is always a lie.

Intentional emotional distress is when someone hurts you just for the sake of hurting you, whether it's with the truth or a lie.

Answer 4

Intentional emotional distress is when someone swings an imaginary club at someone who doesn't care whether it is imaginary or not and reacts as if it is real, then blames the person for swinging it.

Others have already answered the legal part of it.

Time we stopped using such nonsense in our courts.

You should also do your own homework.

Funny that this should be in the law and ETHICS section.