If Gary's boa constrictor escapes from its cage and eats Zoe's Chihuahua in front of her, Gary is liable to Zoe for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

False. Intentional infliction of emotional distress generally requires extreme and outrageous conduct that Gary intended or recklessly disregarded as likely to cause Zoe severe emotional distress. The boa’s escaping and eating the Chihuahua, without facts showing Gary acted intentionally or recklessly toward Zoe, does not establish those requirements merely because she witnessed it.

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