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· 10/21/2011

Jones v. FAYETTE FAMILY DENTAL CARE, INC.

Citations

  • 718 S.E.2d 88
  • 312 Ga. App. 230
  • 32 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1822
  • 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 3358
  • 2011 Ga. App. LEXIS 925
  • 113 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1239

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a plaintiff who suffered no physical ailments did not exhibit severe enough distress for IIED
  • holding that the plaintiff’s distress did not rise to the necessary level of severity where the plaintiff “sought no treatment from any type of doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, or counselor”
  • holding plaintiff failed to produce evidence of severe emotional distress because she suffered no physical ailments other than decreased sex drive and did not seek any form of treatment
  • affirming summary judgment on IIED claim and stating plaintiff “sought no treatment from any type of doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, or counselor” after the at-issue incident
  • evidence of distress including a depressed sex drive was insufficient as a matter of law to prove severe emotional distress, given that plaintiff “sought no treatment from any type of doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, or counselor”

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Judges: Doyle, Ellington, Miller

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