Britt v. Chestnut Hill College

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the plaintiff’s complaint for breach of contract was sufficient when he “generally averred that he had ‘fulfilled the requirements’ for his master’s degree and that the college failed to award it to him”
• explaining that a claim for the intentional infliction of emotional distress may be proven by a showing of either a specific or reckless intent to cause distress (citing Restatement (Second) of Torts § 46 (Am. L. Inst. 1965))
• stating, with regard to intentional infliction claim, “[i]n addition to requiring that a plaintiff establish that the conduct complained of was outrageous, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has required that the plaintiff present competent medical evidence to support the claim”
• count pleading intentional infliction of emotional distress seeks recovery for physical and emotional harm, which is distinct from harm identified in defamation count
• “In addition to requiring that a plaintiff establish that the conduct complained of was outrageous, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has required that the plaintiff present competent medical evidence to support the claim.”
• “In addition to requiring that a plaintiff establish that the conduct complained of was outrageous, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has required that the plaintiff present competent medical evidence to support the claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gundlach v. Reinstein
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1996-04-11· cited 31×
• Gray, D. v. Huntzinger, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-30· cited 29×
• White v. Brommer
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2010-09-30· cited 16×
• Taylor v. Albert Einstein Medical Center
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-18· cited 15×
• Capresecco v. Jenkintown Borough
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2003-05-09· cited 10×
• Bernard v. Bethenergy Mines, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-11-03· cited 9×
• Lujan v. Mansmann
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1997-03-14· cited 7×
• Zikria v. Association of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons, P.C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-07· cited 7×
• Hartman v. Oh
  Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas· 2004-01-02· cited 1×
• Wilcha v. First National Bank
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 1995-02-09
• Kreitzer v. DeMatteo
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-06-05
• Harlan v. Erie Insurance Group
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2006-02-16

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Andrews v. City of Philadelphia
  Third Circuit· 1990-02-08· cited 1,115×
• Kazatsky v. King David Memorial Park, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-15· cited 318×
• Creeger Brick & Building Supply Inc. v. Mid-State Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-15· cited 158×
• Praisner v. Stocker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-22· cited 142×
• Rutherfoord v. Presbyterian-University Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-14· cited 94×
• Salerno v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-22· cited 90×
• Motheral v. Burkhart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-14· cited 67×
• Livingston v. Murray
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-29· cited 36×
• Holmes v. Lado
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-02-13· cited 25×
• Jackson v. Sun Oil Co. of Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-24· cited 15×
• Meinhart v. Heaster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-07· cited 5×