Ghodrati v. Stearnes

How courts have described this case

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• finding that defendants’ actions in calling plaintiff “racist and derogatory names [and] post[ing] inappropriate signs about [her at work]” was not extreme and outrageous
• the defendant’s actions were not extreme or outrageous when the defendant called the plaintiff racist names and posted inappropriate signs about him at work
• “Whether a claim of severe emotional distress is found is a question for the court.”
• “Whether a claim of severe emotional distress is found is a question for the court.”
• “Emotional distress can take the form of highly unpleasant mental reactions such as fright, horror, grief, shame, humiliation, embarrassment, anger, chagrin, disappointment, worry, and nausea. It is only where it is extreme that liability arises.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).