What is the test for a mental health claim against a defendant who acts intentionally or unreasonably with respect to mental distress?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mazalin v. Safeway, Inc., No. CIV S-10-1445 KJM-CMK (E.D. Cal. 2012):
(2) knows the plaintiff is susceptible to injuries through mental distress; or (3) acts intentionally or unreasonably with the recognition that the acts are likely to result in illness through mental distress." Cole v. Fair Oaks Fire Prot. Dist., 43 Cal. 3d 148, 155 n.7 (1987).
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