Clara Dennis

Social Studies

16 September, 04:33

While living in her home country of tanzania, sophia kiwanuka signed an employment contract with anne margareth bakilana, a tanzanian living in washington,

d. c. kiwanuka traveled to the united states to work as a babysitter and maid in bakilana's house. when kiwanuka arrived, bakilana confiscated her passport, held her in isolation, and forced her to work long hours under threat of having her deported. kiwanuka worked seven days a week without breaks and was subjected to regular verbal and psychological abuse by bakilana. kiwanuka filed a complaint against bakilana for intentional infliction of emotional distress, among other claims. bakilana argued that kiwanuka's complaint should be dismissed because the allegations were insufficient to show outrageous intentional conduct that resulted in severe emotional distress. if you were the judge, in whose favor would you rule? why? [kiwanuka v. bakilana, 844 f. supp. 2d 107 (d. d. c. 2012) ]?