What is the test for liability under the "intentional infliction of emotional distress tort"?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Salazar v. Clark, Case No. 1:20-cv-01464-NONE BAM (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2021):

injury or with the realization that injury would result.); Davidson v. City of Westminster, 32 Cal. 3d 197, 210, 649 P.2d 894, 901 (1982) (Absent an intent to injure, such inaction is not the kind of "extreme and outrageous conduct" that gives rise to liability under the "intentional infliction of emotional distress" tort.)

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