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DOE v. AM. BROAD. COS., INC.

152 A.D.2d 482 (1989)

Jane Doe et al., Respondents, v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

July 13, 1989

A cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress must allege "extreme and outrageous conduct, which so transcends the bounds of decency as to be regarded as atrocious and intolerable in a civilized society" (Freihofer v Hearst Corp., 65 N.Y.2d 135, 143). There can be recovery for this tort only "where severe mental pain or anguish is inflicted through a deliberate and...

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