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by kstrauser 1646 days ago
I think the plaintiffs would be people who spent money reacting to the emails, and I suspect Princeton may be quick to take care of those expenses to avoid further action.

I personally didn’t incur any monetary costs, just a lot of unnecessary stress.

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Intentional infliction if emotion distress is a cause of action for a civil suit. You don't have to have lost money.
I think this is pretty awful, but I'd still give the person the benefit of the doubt that it wasn't intentional.