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2. Intentional infliction of emotional distress - Wikipedia

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   [4] Courts had been reluctant to accept a tort for emotional harm for fear of opening a "wide door" to frivolous claims. [5] A change first occurred in the Irish courts, which repudiated the Australian railroad decision and recognised liability for "nervous shock" in the Byrne (1884) and Bell (1890) cases. [6]

3. Negligent infliction of emotional distress - Wikipedia

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   The Texas case of Boyles v. Kerr, 855 S.W.2d 593 (Tex. 1993) is illustrative. In this case, the defendant secretly videotaped himself engaging in sexual activities with the plaintiff. The defendant then showed this videotape to numerous individuals and caused severe distress to the plaintiff.

4. Alienation of affections - Wikipedia

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   A Mecklenburg County jury awarded $1.4 million in May 2001 to a former wrestling coach against P, after the coach's wife left him for P (the jury verdict was later reduced by the North Carolina Court of Appeals as excessive). A year 2000 verdict of $86,250 for alienation of affections and $15,000 for criminal conversation in the case of Pharr v.

5. NC’s ‘alienation of affection’ law is rare, but here are 7 ...

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   The Hutelmyer case. In 1997, a jury in Alamance County awarded $1 million to Dorothy Hutelmyer, who argued in court that a secretary in her husband’s insurance office had intentionally wooed him ...

6. Will hundreds of child abuse cases move forward? NC ... - AOL

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   After years of waiting, supporters and opponents of allowing lawsuits over child sex abuse that occurred decades ago finally had their say before North Carolina’s highest court. The North ...

7. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

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   In 2016, 1,647 cases (or 36.4%) of the nation's patent cases were filed in the Eastern District, which was again more than the total number of lawsuits filed in the District of Delaware (455 cases or 10.1%), Central District of California (290 cases or 6.4%), Northern District of Illinois (247 cases or 5.5%) and Northern District of California ...

8. NC child sex abuse court cases stalled by challenges to law ...

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   More than 250 lawsuits were filed after the 2019 SAFE Child Act set up a two-year window allowing some child sex abuse survivors to file lawsuits, no matter their age.

9. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving mental ...

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   Also, permitted the courts to defer judgment regarding a person's need for commitment, to the doctor(s) 14th 1979 Parham v. J.R. The Court ruled that minors may be civilly committed to mental health facilities without an adversary hearing; in essence, parents do have the right to commit their children. 14th 1982 Youngberg v. Romeo