Upchurch v. New York Times Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress are limited to egregious conduct toward a plaintiff, and the conduct must be directed at the plaintiff or occur in the presence of a plaintiff of whom the defendant is aware
• to support an action for outrage, conduct must be directed at the plaintiff, or occur in the presence of a plaintiff of whom the defendant is aware
• \We may affirm the trial judge for any reason appearing in the record.\
• “It is not enough that the conduct is intentional and outrageous. It must be conduct directed at the plaintiff, or occur in the presence of a plaintiff of whom the defendant is aware.”
• “It is not enough that the conduct is intentional and outrageous. It must be conduct directed at the plaintiff, or occur in the presence of a plaintiff of whom the defendant is aware.”
• truth not a defense to intentional infliction of emotional distress

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).