For the appeals court to reverse the district court's summary judgment for the defendants in Reynolds v.Ethicon Endo-Surgery,where Reynolds suffered a miscarriage soon after her employer told her she would be fired if she did not move to another city and subsequently sued for emotional distress,Reynolds would have had to show that:
A)the defendant committed an act amounting to extreme or outrageous conduct
B)the defendant had the intent to cause Reynolds extreme emotional distress
C)the defendant's conduct was the cause in-fact of the Reynolds's injuries
D)Reynolds suffered an extreme disabling emotional response to the defendant's conduct
E)all of the other choices

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For the appeals court to reverse the district court's summary judgment for the defendants in Reynolds v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Reynolds would have had to prove all the elements of the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress, which includes all of the choices listed (A, B, C, and D). Therefore, the correct answer is E, all of the above.

For the Appeals Court to Reverse the District Court's Summary