Odem v. Pace Academy

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• holding that emotional distress was not sufficiently severe where plaintiff suffered marginally high blood pressure but sought no professional advice
• party entitled to judgment as a matter of law on breach of contract claim where evidence shows that no breach occurred
• where plaintiff suffered “marginally high” blood pressure but sought no professional advice, emotional distress was not severe
• “Liability for intentional infliction of emotional distress does not extend to mere insults, indignities, threat, annoyances, petty oppressions, or other trivialities.”
• where defendant had authority under the contract to act, plaintiffs argument that the act was retaliatory will not support a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress
• where plaintiff suffered “marginally high” blood pressure but sought no professional advice, emotional distress was not severe

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).