Whittington v. Whittington

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming a dismissal of an IIED claim filed in a divorce proceeding because the allegations did not “rise to the level of outrageousness necessary for tortious liability”
• no tort of outrage for adultery and fraud by spouse
• fraud and adultery did not reach the status of outrageous
• “adultery can never reach the status of outrageous conduct”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Stringer v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-10-21· cited 149×
• Osborne v. Payne
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-11-22· cited 123×
• Andrew v. Begley
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2006-06-23· cited 69×
• Hakkila v. Hakkila
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1991-03-21· cited 46×
• Quinn v. Walsh
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-07-14· cited 41×
• Pierce v. Commonwealth Life Insurance
  E.D. Kentucky· 1993-06-25· cited 15×
• Lococo v. Barger
  E.D. Kentucky· 1997-03-24· cited 14×
• Doe v. Doe
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-06-29· cited 12×
• Effinger v. Philip Morris, Inc.
  W.D. Kentucky· 1997-06-04· cited 9×
• Goebel v. Arnett
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-08-24· cited 6×
• Nelson v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2008-06-06· cited 6×
• Bank One Kentucky NA v. Woodfield Financial Consortium LP
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1997-09-19· cited 6×
• Morgan v. HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc.
  E.D. Kentucky· 2013-03-12· cited 6×
• Stump v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  E.D. Kentucky· 1996-09-24· cited 5×
• C.M. v. J.M.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1999-01-05· cited 5×
• Humphress v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
  W.D. Kentucky· 1997-10-07· cited 4×
• Curry v. Coyne
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1998-11-06· cited 2×
• Scearse v. Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2001-02-09· cited 1×
• Cm v. Jm
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1999-01-05
• Richardson v. Richardson
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2017-12-27

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Craft v. Rice
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-06-14· cited 190×
• Gall v. Scroggy
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1987-03-06· cited 71×
• Zurich Insurance Co. v. Mitchell
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1986-06-12· cited 58×
• Murphy v. Murphy
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-03-14· cited 20×
• Wiener v. Wiener
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-11-23· cited 18×
• Langley v. Langley
  New York Supreme Court· 1983-04-04· cited 1×