New Mexico Court of Appeals· 3/21/1991

Hakkila v. Hakkila

Citations

812 P.2d 1320
112 N.M. 172

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recognizing that the scope of the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress should be very limited in the marital context
recognizing that the scope of the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress should be very limited in the marital context
holding that a husband was not liable to wife for withholding marital relations because “[h]e was privileged to refrain from intercourse”
holding IIED suits between spouses are not barred because “New Mexico has not witnessed an onslaught of claims of [IIED] by one spouse against the other”
stating that in an intentional infliction of 19 emotional distress suit between spouses, only the most extreme conduct will provide 3 1 a basis for the tort
action for the tort of outrage, i.e. intentional infliction of emotional distress, is not barred in interspousal context

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Judges: Hartz, Donnelly, Chavez

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