Gordon v. Frost

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• concluding that the eight or nine hours plaintiff spent in jail would naturally give rise to the emotions necessary to support a claim
• concluding that the eight or nine hours plaintiff spent in jail would naturally give rise to the emotions necessary to support a claim.
• trial court properly denied defendant pharmacist's motion for verdict notwithstanding the judgment on plaintiff customer's claim for intentional infliction of emotional pain as a result of false arrest
• trial court properly denied defendant pharmacist’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on plaintiff customer’s claim for intentional infliction of emotional pain as a result of false arrest
• evidence of a defendant’s “malicious purpose” or “wanton disregard of a plaintiff’s rights” may be considered in determining conduct’s outrageousness
• “Some claims as a matter of law do not rise to the requisite level of outrageousness and egregiousness.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).