infliction

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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maurice Leiter allowed Svetnoy's claims of negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress, but threw out a claim of assault, according to documents released on Friday.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

In addition to negligence, his lawsuit also accuses the producers of intentional infliction of emotional distress.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

"There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Lively is trying to drop claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress, the publication added.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

The infliction of a penalty which he could not pay, and which none would pay for him, rendered him utterly bankrupt in freedom....

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.