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· 2/21/1989

First Bank (N.A.) — Billings v. Clark

Citations

  • 771 P.2d 84
  • 236 Mont. 195
  • 1989 Mont. LEXIS 48

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that severe emotional distress is only a new interpretation of the existing “significant impact” requirement
  • adopting § 46, comment j, relating to the tort of emotional distress
  • adopting § 46, comment j, relating to the tort of emotional distress
  • court has duty of determining threshold question of whether any proof of severe emotional distress exists sufficient to raise question of fact for jury
  • disapproving of recovery for loss of sleep and nervous tension
  • adopting Restatement (Second) of Torts § 46, cmt. j

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Gulbrandson, Turnage, Harrison, Hunt, McDonough, Weber, Haswell, Sheehy

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