Does respondent's conduct constitute "outrageous conduct" in the context of a claim for emotional distress?

Appellants, however, have not briefed the issue of whether respondent's conduct amounts to "outrageous conduct," one of the lements of a prima facie case for the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress (Fletcher v. Western National Life Ins. Co. (1970) 10 Cal.App.3d 376, 394, 89 Cal.Rptr. 78), and the second ground upon which the trial court relied in sustaining respondent's demurrer to the third cause of action. When appellants fail to furnish this court with either argument or authority upon a point urged as grounds for reversal, ¹⁰ the point will be deemed

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IV. Damages