Buckley v. Trenton Saving Fund Society

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the plaintiff’s loss of sleep, aggravation, headaches, and embarrassment are insufficient as a matter of law to state a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress
• holding “aggravation, embarrassment, an unspecified number of headaches, and loss of sleep” insufficient as a matter of law to support a finding of severe mental distress
• recognizing such a cause of action for the first time, but concluding that plaintiff did not prove that he sustained such a severe and disabling emotional condition
• noting that “when the intentional conduct is directed at the plaintiff, he or she need not prove any physical injury ... [i]t suffices that the conduct produce emotional distress that is severe”
• explaining that “[w]ith rare exception, punitive damages are not available in an action for a breach of contract”
• explaining that the emotional distress must be “so severe that no reasonable man could be expected to endure it”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).