{"id":3029,"date":"2025-06-30T13:50:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:50:44","slug":"texas-appeals-court-reverses-wifes-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-judgment-against-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-wifes-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-judgment-against-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Reverses Wife&#8217;s Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Judgment Against Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes parties to a Texas divorce can get embroiled in litigation beyond standard divorce claims.\u00a0 A spouse may file a tort claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress (\u201cIIED\u201d) in a Texas divorce case.\u00a0 To succeed on an IIED claim in Texas, a plaintiff has to show intentional or reckless conduct that was extreme and outrageous and caused emotional distress that was severe.\u00a0 <em>Hersh v. Tatum. <\/em>The Supreme Court of Texas has stated that IIED is intended to allow recovery in unusual circumstances where the victim does not have another remedy.\u00a0 <em>Moser v. Roberts.<\/em> In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/thirteenth-court-of-appeals\/2025-13-23-00403-cv.pdf?ts=1750261822\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a>, a wife pursued an intentional infliction of emotional distress (\u201cIIED\u201d) claim against the husband, as well as a separate lawsuit against his alleged affair partner, who had been an employee of their business.<\/p>\n<p>The parties owned a plastic recycling company.\u00a0 The wife petitioned for divorce based on adultery in 2019 and made a claim for IIED against the husband.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IIED Claim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The jury awarded the wife $1.5 million for past and future physical pain and mental anguish pursuant to her IIED claim. The husband ultimately appealed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-wifes-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-judgment-against-husband\/#more-3029\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes parties to a Texas divorce can get embroiled in litigation beyond standard divorce claims.\u00a0 A spouse may file a tort claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress (\u201cIIED\u201d) in a Texas divorce case.\u00a0 To succeed on an IIED claim in Texas, a plaintiff has to show intentional or reckless conduct that was extreme and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233,239,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adultery","category-business","category-infidelity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Reverses Wife&#039;s Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Judgment Against Husband &#8212; 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