Melton v. Allen

How courts have described this case

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• affirming dismissal of claim seeking emotional distress damages, based on the defendant towing company’s trespass to the plaintiff’s automobile
• denying damages for mental distress from erroneous repossession removal of automobile
• denying damages for mental distress from erroneous repossession removal of automobile
• “damages for mental disturbance without accompanying physical injury or consequences” allowable where there are “special circumstances of considerable magnitude”
• \damages for mental disturbance without accompanying physical injury or consequences\ allowable where there are \special circumstances of considerable magnitude\
• emotional distress damages disallowed in trespass to automobile

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).