Sere v. Group Hospitalization, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a contract breach which assumes the character of intentional infliction of emotional distress would be a proper basis for punitive damages
• stating that “defendants’ actions must proximately cause the plaintiff emotional upset”
• explaining that liability will be found where the conduct is “so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”
• permitting recovery of punitive damages where the conduct of the breaching party assumed the character of intentional infliction of emotional distress
• upholding directed verdict for defendant employer on intentional infliction of emotional distress claim where plaintiff alleged that his employer breached contract of insurance by failing to pay claims
• requiring conduct “so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).