American Road Serv. Co. v. Inmon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the tort of outrage “does not recognize recovery for ‘mere insults, indignities, threats, annoyances, petty oppressions, or other trivialities.’” (quoting Restatement (Second) of Torts § 46 cmt. d (1948))
• holding that weight loss and insomnia did not constitute sufficient distress
• noting that tort of outrage “does not recognize recovery for ‘mere insults, indignities, threats, annoyances, petty oppressions, or other trivialities’”
• noting that the tort of outrage only applies “in the most egregious circumstances”
• “There is no evidence upon which reasonable people could base the belief that the company intended to cause [the plaintiff] severe emotional distress.”
• “mere insults, indignities, threats, annoyances, petty oppressions, or other trivialities” are not extreme and outrageous

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

216 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Twyman v. Twyman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 701×
• Hubbard v. United Press International, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-02-18· cited 442×
• Buckley v. Trenton Saving Fund Society
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-08-11· cited 326×
• Chavers v. National SEC. Fire & Cas. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-10-02· cited 224×
• Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran
  District of Columbia· 2007-09-07· cited 177×
• Harrell v. Reynolds Metals Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-09-19· cited 169×
• Gulf Atlantic Life Ins. Co. v. Barnes
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-10-02· cited 153×
• Wright v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-01-13· cited 153×
• Ex Parte Graham
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1997-07-25· cited 140×
• Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2005-01-18· cited 117×
• Busby v. Truswal Systems Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-09-15· cited 114×
• Thomas v. BSE Indus. Contractors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-08-20· cited 110×
• Nat. SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bowen
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-09-30· cited 108×
• Rice v. United Ins. Co. of America
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-12-21· cited 95×
• Surrency v. Harbison
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-04-25· cited 88×
• GREEN TREE ACCEPTANCE v. Standridge
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-03-30· cited 85×
• Evans v. Waddell
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1997-01-31· cited 83×
• Continental Cas. Ins. Co. v. McDonald
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-06-22· cited 77×
• Potts v. Hayes
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-05-05· cited 76×
• Lowman v. Piedmont Exec. Shirt Mfg. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-06-02· cited 75×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harris v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-12-09· cited 400×
• MBM Co., Inc. v. Counce
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-03-24· cited 180×
• George v. Jordan Marsh Company
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-04-12· cited 95×
• Horne v. Patton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1973-12-06· cited 79×
• Hinrichs v. Tranquilaire Hospital
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1977-12-16· cited 73×
• Norris v. Moskin Stores, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1961-04-06· cited 65×
• Vincent v. Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-05-25· cited 56×
• Holcombe v. Whitaker
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1975-07-31· cited 38×
• Morris v. MacNab
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1957-11-04· cited 36×
• Lavoie v. Aetna Life & Cas. Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-08-31· cited 21×
• East Alabama Express Co. v. Dupes
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1960-12-01· cited 11×
• Hamner v. Bradley
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1972-09-07· cited 3×