American Road Serv. Co. v. Inmon

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• 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

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