Wallace v. Van Pelt

How courts have described this case

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• addressing meaning of “substantial emotional distress” in the stalking provision of the Adult Abuse Act
• applying section 46’s definition of emotional distress to Missouri’s stalking laws
• “The [Act’s] laudatory purpose is to prevent potential violence, and unnecessary and unjustified infliction of emotional distress.”
• trial court must exercise great vigilance to prevent abuse of the stalking provisions in the Adult Abuse Act to make sure sufficient credible evidence exists to support all elements of the statute
• “In Pretsky v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., 396 S.W.2d 566 (Mo. 1965), our Supreme Court recognized the tort of extreme and outrageous conduct, essentially adopting Restatement (Second) of Torts § 46 (1965).”
• “the term ‘legitimate’ means ‘sanctioned by law or custom; lawful; allowed’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).