Gordon v. Frost

How courts have described this case

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

• 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).

Cited by

33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Yarbray v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 143×
• Trimble v. Circuit City Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-03-07· cited 49×
• St. Mary's Hospital of Athens, Inc. v. Radiology Professional Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-07-08· cited 44×
• Renton v. Watson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-26· cited 36×
• Peoples v. Guthrie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-19· cited 35×
• Benedict v. State Farm Bank, FSB
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-22· cited 30×
• Fisher v. Toombs County Nursing Home
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-12-05· cited 28×
• Turnage v. Kasper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-11-30· cited 28×
• Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Mosley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-13· cited 25×
• Southern General Insurance v. Holt
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-07-16· cited 23×
• K-Mart Corp. v. Lovett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-19· cited 19×
• Ashman v. Marshall's of MA, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-05-26· cited 17×
• Miraliakbari v. Pennicooke
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-03-08· cited 16×
• Kirkland v. Earth Fare, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-29· cited 15×
• Carroll v. Rock
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-20· cited 13×
• Turnbull v. Northside Hospital, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-03-13· cited 12×
• Richardson v. Hennly
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-07-15· cited 11×
• Davis v. Copelan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-12-05· cited 11×
• Pierri v. Cingular Wireless, LLC
  N.D. Georgia· 2005-10-18· cited 11×
• Garcia v. Shaw Industries, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29· cited 10×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bridges v. Winn-Dixie Atlanta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-10· cited 93×
• Pendley v. Pendley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-12· cited 89×
• Moses v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-05-23· cited 70×
• Sossenko v. Michelin Tire Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-11-28· cited 43×
• HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA v. Geter
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-02-10· cited 38×
• Anderson v. Chatham
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-03-02· cited 24×
• Daniels v. Hartley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1969-09-09· cited 19×
• Hiers-Wright Associates, Inc. v. Manufacturers Hanover Mortgage Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-04-28· cited 17×
• Smiway, Inc. v. Department of Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-03-11· cited 14×
• Arrowsmith v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-04-16· cited 13×