Landmark Case on Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: Ten Year Retrospective
Author: Lane Harvey, J.D..
Source: Volume 19, Number 01, October/November 2013 , pp.3-5(3)
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Abstract:
Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) is a powerful legal remedy for victims of domestic violence. The tort received a tremendous boost when the Illinois Supreme Court recognized it in Feltmeier v. Feltmeier , 798 N.E.2d 75 (Ill. 2003). Feltmeier held that physical and emotional abuse during and after an 11 year marriage was sufficiently extreme and outrageous conduct to constitute the tort of IIED. This article is a first-person account by the plaintiff’s attorney covering the background, significance, and implications.Keywords: whether an action for IIED would lie for acts of domestic violence in the marital context; whether claims for abusive conduct that occurred during the entire course of a marriage were barred by the statute of limitations; whether an action for IIED w
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