Template talk:TortLaw
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Law, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, pan-jurisdictional and up-to-date resource for the legal field and the subjects encompassed by it. | |
| Template | This article has been rated as template-Class on the assessment scale. | |
| ??? | This article has not yet received an importance assessment on the assessment scale. | |
[edit] Just caught a rather funny error by Wikidea
I just realized that this template has links to "Negligent emotional distress" and "Intentional emotional distress." After I stopped laughing, I tracked down who inserted the names of torts that don't actually exist. They appear to have been inserted at this well-intended edit [1] in May 2007 by Wikidea.
The terms "intentional infliction of emotional distress" and "negligent infliction of emotional distress" have long been established, at least in American law. For example, see, e.g., Alcorn v. Anbro Engineering (1970) 2 Cal.3d 493 (finding that use of racial epithets during firing was sufficient to support an IIED cause of action) and Thing v. La Chusa (1989) 48 Cal.3d 644.
I think the better solution would be to either restore the full names of these torts or insert the common acronyms for them, IIED and NIED. What does everyone else think? --Coolcaesar 06:37, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
