MEMORANDUM RE: Intentional Infliction of emotional distress Relevant Facts George worked for the Charlotte Bobcats based in Charlotte, NC. George has a contract that guarantees his employment with the Bobcats for a period of 5 years. Jerry, who is George’s boss, wants to get rid of him NOW. Jerry resolves to using tactics to make conditions with the Bobcats uncomfortable for George to entice him to quit. George eventually quits after Jerry turned off his air conditioner in mid-July
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compensated for damages of intentional. Some of the causes that Rob Jr. can take against the Church of the Divine Light are mental stress because Rob Jr. was brained washed by the Church of the Divine Light and took several weeks for him to recover his sanity, false imprisonment because the Church of the Divine Light tricked Rob Jr. believing he would go to hell if he left the church, and that that was his new family and that his family did not care for him any longer, intentional infliction of mental
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coercion by Jerry, and the recording and playing of George’s personal phone calls over the company loudspeaker. George decides to take measures to sue Jerry for intentional infliction of emotional distress for the above allegations. ISSUE Under North Carolina law, do the above allegations fulfill the basis for liability of intentional infliction of emotional distress? RULE Under North Carolina law as iterated in Stanback v. Stanback, 297 N.C. 181, 196 (N.C. 1979), Liability arises under this
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Assignment: For this assignment – you will need to access the LexisNexis database in the Keller Library, from the student resources tab under Course Home. Go to Jennings Chapter 9, page 315, problem 5. Use LexisNexis in the Keller library and look up the Esposito-Hilder vs. SFX case. Use the citation you find in your book to do the search. Read the case and answer these questions. Copy and paste this information into a Word document, include your name on that document, and answer the questions
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In this scenario several instances occurred to where one could file a suit. Intentional tort, Lee who is a customer of Buy-Mart begins shooting innocent shoppers with a rifle he is planning to purchase. One of Lee’s victims is a lady walking along with her husband in the next aisle over. As she falls to the ground her husband has a heart attack. A boy is also injured by a metal beam from the bullet ricochets but was unintentional; this is considered as an unintentional tort. Then the tort of outrage
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a person have a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress against an actor who posts negative information about that person on a risqué website, who attempts to cause that person severe distress with the negative information that she posts, and whose actions result in a level of distress that requires that the person receives treatment under a doctor’s care. Brief Answer Yes. Bert Cooper probably has a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress against
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entertainer. Jones, a California resident, filed a lawsuit in California state court against the National Enquirer and its president, who was a resident of Florida. The California lawsuit sought damages for alleged defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783, 104 S.Ct. 1482, 79 L.Ed.2d 804, Web 1984 U.S. Lexis 4 (Supreme Court of the United States) 1. What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer is a “supermarket
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laws is Tort Law, which is a law that provides compensation for tortuous acts to an injured party or party’s property through a civil lawsuit (Cheeseman, 2010). Tort, defined as “a wrong”, is categorized by two components: Negligence Torts and Intentional Torts. The issue of a tort violation is a matter of the plaintiff proving his or her case or the defendant establishing a reasonable doubt that dismantles the plaintiff’s case. By using Alumina, Inc. as a point of reference, this paper will address
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To: Teacher From: , Student Assignment 4 ------------------------------------------------- Date: February 5, 2014 SUPERIOR COURT OF FREEDONIA, COUNTY OF FREEDONIA __________________ Deidre Jones, Plaintiff, vs. Jack Daniels, Defendant(s). | )))))))))) | Case No.: 123456PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT | Plaintiff, Deidre Jones complaining of the Defendant, alleges that:
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Business Torts Issue Spotter Essay Emmy V. MedK Corp. MedK Corp. faces potential liability for the tort of Contractual Interference/Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations. Contractual Interference occurs when parties are not allowed the freedom to contract without interference from third party. Tortious Interference is that someone intentionally persuades another to break a contract already in existence. Here, MedK Corp. may be liable for Contractual Interference/Tortious Interference
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