Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. This tort occurs when a person, through the use of extreme and outrageous conduct with the intention of harming another, causes severe emotional distress in another person. Under many circumstances, where other torts are committed, the damages to the victim may include emotional distress. Where the perpetrator's conduct was intentional, usually an Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress claim is also present. Invasion of Privacy.
Privacy is a fundamental constitutional right.
A person has a right to be free from the wrongful scrutinizing or publicizing of their private affairs, which are outside of legitimate public concerns. Generally, public figures, politicians, or high-profile persons have less expectation of privacy than other persons. Invasion of Privacy may also occur by an intrusion into a person's privacy or solitude by another, publicly placing a person in a false light, or the use or appropriation of the person's name, picture or likeness. An Invasion of Privacy may also occur when an employer discloses results of a medical exam, drug test or other private information. Defamation is a false and defamatory statement concerning a person, made to another person, without legal privilege, which is false.