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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Henderson finds the superior court erred by ruling that defendant, who was held in solitary confinement for 504 days, could not sue the DOC, reasoning that DOC’s conduct was not extreme and outrageous and that the prisoner’s distress was not severe enough to give rise to liability. “Assuming [defendant’s] assertions to be true, we conclude that his emotional distress was sufficiently severe to meet the required threshold for an IIED claim.” Reversed.
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