Womack v. Eldridge

How courts have described this case

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• holding that IIED liability only exists where the defendant’s acts directly caused the harm
• noting that where plaintiff has alleged a tort, the general rule is that, in the absence of accompanying physical harm or wanton and willful conduct, emotional distress damages are not recoverable
• allowing recovery of emotional distress damages in the absence of physical injury where certain criteria are met
• recovery allowed for emotional distress, unaccompanied by physical injury, provided certain elements are shown
• “Because injury to the mind or emotions can be easily feigned, actions for intentional infliction of emotional distress are not favored in Virginia.”
• “Because injury to the mind or emotions can be easily feigned, actions for intentional infliction of emotional distress are not favored in Virginia.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).