CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 1600
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress—Essential
Factual Elements
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant]’s conduct caused [him/
her/nonbinary pronoun] to suffer severe emotional distress. To establish
this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all of the following:
1. That [name of defendant]’s conduct was outrageous;
2. [That [name of defendant] intended to cause [name of plaintiff]
emotional distress;]
2. [or]
2. [That [name of defendant] acted with reckless disregard of the
probability that [name of plaintiff] would suffer emotional distress,
knowing that [name of plaintiff] was present when the conduct
occurred;]
3. That [name of plaintiff] suffered severe emotional distress; and
4. That [name of defendant]’s conduct was a substantial factor in
causing [name of plaintiff]’s severe emotional distress.
New September 2003
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2023
- Content hash
726a5deb789e82cd69acf0eead0a7cd9f2f369b5fb86ac8e488d6ade59b91fea
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