Question

Andrew noticed Michael and his pregnant wife Georgette walking down the street and, as a joke, drove his car within inches of Michael. Michael wasn't injured, but his wife suffered severe mental distress and needed to be hospitalized in order to save the pregnancy. Andrew has:

Answer 1

committed the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress against Georgette.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the question above, "Andrew has committed the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress against Georgette", which is sometimes also referred as "IIED" and "tort of outrage". It is described as one of the common laws tort that ought to allow different people to recover from their severe "emotional distress" that is being caused by some other person who is recklessly or intentionally inflicted towards the emotional distress via his or her outrageous or reckless behavior.