...liable for it," the Institute, in Restatement (Second) of Torts, section 46 (1965), recognizes the existence of a cause of action for severe emotional distress caused by intentional or reckless...of the second Restatement, the decisions of other jurisdictions recognizing the cause of action and by the authors on the subject. See Magruder, Mental and Emotional Disturbance in the Law of Torts, 49 Harv. L. Rev. 1033, 1059 (1936); Prosser, Law of Torts sec. 12 (4th ed. 1971).
The extensive comments and illustrations to section 46...the payments. As stated in Restatement (Second) of Torts, section 46, comment g, in such a case the actor is not liable "where he has done no more than to insist upon his legal rights in a...