Sacco v. High Country Independent Press, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing negligent infliction of emotional distress and intentional infliction of emotional distress as independent causes of action under the common law
• recognizing an independent cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress “where serious or severe emotional distress was the reasonably foreseeable consequence of the defendant’s negligent act or omission”
• failure to prosecute within statute of limitations reflects favorably for defendant
• failure to prosecute within statute of limitations reflects favorably for defendant
• “It is for the court to determine whether on the evidence severe [serious] emotional distress can be found; it is for the jury to determine whether, on the evidence, it has in fact existed.”
• “It is for the court to determine whether on the evidence severe [serious] emotional distress can be found; it is for the jury to determine whether, on the evidence, it has in fact existed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).