2227 A lender's conduct in demanding and imperfectly securing excessive collateral from plaintiff-borrower in the form of certain restaurant equipment, scheming to obtain possession of the equipment in order to prevent plaintiff from selling it to make the payments, and thwarting all of plaintiff's opportunities to sell the equipment, resulting in foreclosure of P's home, might be found to be outrageous, and therefore subject to liability for intentional infliction of emotional distress. CitationBURLESCI v PETERSEN (Restaurant Equipment) 68 CA4 1062 [See: Christensen v Superior Court 54 C3 868; Gonzales v Personal Storage 56 CA4 464, T/AT 8/97]
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