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Arkansas Court of Appeals upholds strict standard of “extreme and outrageous conduct” necessary for tort of outrage.

Posted in Torts on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Cesena v. Gray, No. CA08-830. Plaintiff worked for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield under the supervision of Derrick Flowers (plaintiff’s immediate supervisor) and defendant (Flowers’ supervisor).  According to the complaint, Flowers repeatedly threatened physical violence towards plaintiff.  When plaintiff sought assistance from defendant, defendant was also threatening to plaintiff.  Defendant later terminated plaintiff for [...]

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