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· 4/10/1992

Jobin v. McQuillen

Citations

  • 609 A.2d 990
  • 158 Vt. 322
  • 1992 Vt. LEXIS 57

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that trial court in first instance determines as threshold question whether jury could determine that conduct at issue is so outrageous and extreme as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency
  • rejecting plaintiff’s NIED claim because “[p]laintiff ha[d] not alleged that she suffered physical harm”
  • negligent infliction of emotional distress requires showing that plaintiff suffered physical harm or was subject to reasonable fear of immediate physical injury as the result of defendant’s negligence
  • “It is for the court to determine as a threshold question whether a jury could reasonably find that the conduct at issue meets the test.”
  • “It is for the court to determine as a threshold question whether a jury could reasonably find that the conduct at issue meets the test.”

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Judges: Gibson, Dooley, Johnson, Peck

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