K-Mart Corp. v. Lovett

How courts have described this case

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• finding conduct sufficiently outrageous where defendants falsely stated plaintiff had shoplifted and knew plaintiff would be jailed and did not take any steps to end the incarceration for twenty-four days despite knowing plaintiff was innocent
• “Our review is limited to those grounds presented to and ruled upon by the trial court.”
• jury authorized to find intentional infliction of emotional distress when plaintiff was jailed for 24 days after defendants falsely accused her of shoplifting
• jury authorized to find intentional infliction of emotional distress when plaintiff was jailed for 24 days after defendants falsely accused her of shoplifting
• loss control manager’s admission that she never saw plaintiff shoplift but nevertheless swore out a warrant knowing it would result in plaintiff’s immediate arrest authorized jury’s verdict for intentional infliction of emotional distress
• appellate court affirms if there is any evidence to support the jury’s verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).