McGrath v. Fahey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[m]ere insults [and] indignities” do not constitute outrageous conduct
• observing that “a jury could reasonably conclude that such distress proximately resulted from defendants’ course of conduct”
• holding that “[m]ere insults [and] indigni- ties” do not constitute outrageous conduct
• observing that “a jury could reasonably conclude that such distress proximately resulted from defendants’ course of conduct”
• explaining that a defendant’s position of power or authority over plaintiff makes conduct more likely to be outrageous
• explaining that “[t]he law intervenes only where the distress inflicted is so severe that no reasonable man could be expected to endure it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).