What constitutes intentional infliction of mental suffering?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Meade v. Armstrong (City), 2011 BCSC 1591 (CanLII):

Intentional infliction of mental suffering arises out of conduct that is flagrant, outrageous and extreme, and calculated to cause a recognizable psychiatric illness: Young v. Borzoni, 2007 BCCA 16 at para. 35.

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