Staples v. Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.

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• affirming dismissal of plaintiff's due process claim because defendant's act of termination did not constitute \state\ action
• affirming summary judgment for defendant on IIED claim where plaintiff alleged that supervisor had humiliated him and demoted him without cause
• upholding summary judgment on IIED claim where plaintiff had claimed that supervisor humiliated him at staff meetings and demoted him without just cause; observing that “such evidence falls far short of the [Vicnire v. Ford Motor Credit Company, 401 A.2d 148, 154 (Me.1979
• humiliation of plaintiff at staff meetings and demotion without cause not sufficiently extreme and outrageous
• humiliation of plaintiff at staff meetings and demotion without cause not sufficiently extreme and outrageous
• “humiliation at staff meetings and demotion without cause fell short of conduct that exceeds ‘all possible bounds of decency5 and that must be regarded as ‘atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community5 ”

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