Smithson v. Nordstrom, Inc.

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• prolonged interrogation without evidence of wrongdoing, culminated by a coerced confession of theft and a termination of the employee
• where employee was interrogated for three hours about suspected theft and was threatened with prosecution on scanty evidence if she did not sign a confession, there was sufficient evidence to generate a jury question on issue of outrageous conduct
• where employee was interrogated for three hours about suspected theft and was threatened with prosecution on scanty evidence if she did not sign a confession, there was sufficient evidence to generate a jury question on issue of outrageous conduct

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