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· 10/19/1995

Leaf River Forest Products, Inc. v. Ferguson

Citations

  • 662 So. 2d 648
  • 1995 WL 611717

How courts have described this case

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  • applying the standard stated in Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Devers, 405 So.2d 898 (Miss. 1981) in support of the standard for intentional infliction of emotional distress
  • applying the standard stated in Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Devers, 405 So. 2d 898 (Miss. 1981) in support of the standard for intentional infliction of emotional distress
  • applying Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Devers, 405 So.2d 898 (Miss. 1981)
  • common law does not allow recovery for a decrease in property value caused by public perception without accompanying physical harm to the property
  • abrogated on other grounds by Adams v. U.S. Homecrafters, 744 So. 2d 736 (Miss. 1999)
  • also requiring “medical or scientific evidence so that there is a rational basis for the emotional fear”

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