Thank you so much for your quick response!
I very much appreciate your answers to my questions #3 and #4. However, I think I wasn't clear enough with questions #1 and #2, so I'll try to ask them again:

(1) If you want to sue someone for fraud and deceit (NOT relating to a contract -- just a tort), is the statute of limitations 1 year?

(2) Can you sue someone for intentionally causing you to suffer severe emotional or mental pain (not physical pain)?

Again, thanks for all your help!