Russ v. Causey

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• explaining that an official-capacity “claim fails as a matter of law where there is no underlying constitutional violation”
• applying North Carolina law and stating that plaintiff must proffer some evidence of ‘‘ ‘severe and disabling psychological problems’ ’’
• rejecting Plaintiff’s claim that exclusion in same policy at issue in this case was “illusory”
• violently arresting plaintiff while he carried his father’s casket at funeral was extreme and outrageous
• to state a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, a plaintiff must show (1) extreme and outrageous conduct by the defendants (2) which is intended to and does in fact cause (3) severe emotional distress

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