Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. McCarson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that insurance company’s actions were not so outrageous in character or extreme in degree as to go beyond the bounds of decency
• holding that the insured failed to allege a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress where the insurer asserted its \legal rights in a legally permissible way\ by withholding benefits until the insured provided certain information in accordance with the policy
• holding that an actor is not liable “where he has done no more than to insist upon his legal rights in a permissible way, even though he is well aware that such insistence is certain to cause emotional distress” (quotation omitted)
• recognizing tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress under Florida law
• adopting standard set forth in the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 46, comment d (1965), for evaluating claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress
• adopting standard set forth in the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 46, comment d (1965), for evaluating claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress

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Cited by

201 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Twyman v. Twyman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 701×
• Sharon Courson v. Quinn A. McMillian Individually and as Sheriff of Walton County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Jim Roy
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-08-30· cited 332×
• Charles H. Von Stein v. George A. Brescher
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-06-27· cited 214×
• Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran
  District of Columbia· 2006-12-22· cited 201×
• Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran
  District of Columbia· 2007-09-07· cited 177×
• Blais v. Islamic Republic of Iran
  District of Columbia· 2006-09-29· cited 101×
• Elvan Moore v. Kevin Pederson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2015-10-15· cited 84×
• RJ v. Humana of Florida, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-03-02· cited 79×
• Caretta Truc. v. Cheoy Lee Shipyards
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-12-21· cited 75×
• Ponton v. Scarfone
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-03-29· cited 72×
• Williams v. City of Minneola
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-01-31· cited 71×
• Watkins v. NCNB NAT. BANK
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-08-03· cited 61×
• Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Steadman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-08-29· cited 61×
• Mississippi Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Todd
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 53×
• Anne M. Hart, Individually and as Natural Guardian for Gillian Elaine Hart, Vera Lee Hart v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-03-01· cited 49×
• Lopez v. Target Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2012-04-10· cited 48×
• Garcia v. Carnival Corp.
  S.D. Florida· 2012-03-07· cited 48×
• Howry v. Nisus, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1995-10-09· cited 47×
• Williams v. City of Minneola
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-04-30· cited 45×
• State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Middleton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-01-04· cited 44×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Shingleton v. Bussey
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1969-05-28· cited 197×
• Kirksey v. Jernigan
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1950-03-24· cited 118×
• VanBibber v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-10-13· cited 90×
• Glass v. Parrish
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1951-04-06· cited 59×
• Food Fair, Inc. v. Anderson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-04-09· cited 55×
• Slocum v. Food Fair Stores of Florida, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1958-02-14· cited 53×
• La Porte v. Associated Independents, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1964-04-03· cited 45×
• Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Sheehan
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-08-09· cited 43×
• Dominguez v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-08-30· cited 40×
• Parkway General Hospital, Inc. v. Stern
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-06-23· cited 28×
• MANATEE CONVALESCENT CTR v. McDonald
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-12-31· cited 25×
• Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. McCarson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-04-06· cited 12×
• Gmuer v. Garner
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-10-15· cited 11×
• Scheuer v. Wille
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-06-18· cited 10×

Other cases named Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. McCarson

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. McCarson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-04-06· cited 12×