Mitchell v. Stevenson

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• holding that defendant's actions constituted contempt and evidence supported finding of intentional infliction of emotional distress
• “[w]here the conduct is categorized as civil contempt or criminal, the trial court must still provide the defendant with the same statutorily prescribed due process requirements”
• daughter of decedent awarded punitive damages after decedent’s widow secretly disinterred his remains and removed headstone as retribution for daughter’s success in a will contest giving daughter primary responsibility for maintaining decedent’s grave and monument
• daughter of decedent awarded No. 03-2598 7 punitive damages after decedent’s widow secretly disin- terred his remains and removed headstone as retribution for daughter’s success in a will contest giving daughter primary responsibility for maintaining decedent’s grave and monument

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