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· 5/1/1979

Vicnire v. Ford Motor Credit Co.

Citations

  • 401 A.2d 148
  • 1979 Me. LEXIS 611

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that feeling “kind of down,” “mad,” and “nervous for about a month” after a creditor requested payment and later repossessed plaintiff’s vehicle was not so severe that no reasonable person could be expected to endure it
  • setting aside a jury's punitive damages award where the plaintiff had failed to establish liability for the underlying tort
  • plaintiff’s testimony that he felt ‘kind of down,’ ‘mad,’ and ‘nervous for about a month’ not substantial evidence of severe emotional distress
  • illness or bodily harm \substantial and manifested by objective symptomatology\
  • illness or bodily harm “substantial and manifested by objective symptomatology”

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Judges: McKusick, Pomer-Oy, Archibald, Delahanty, Godfrey, Wernick, Nichols

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