Where petitioner sought the dismissal of claims against him for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress, the assault and battery claims were time barred, but the emotional distress claims properly alleged claims independent ...

Tagged with: Assault And Battery Emotional Distress Personal Injury & Torts Law Statute Of Limitations

S.H. v. Cannon (MLW No. 69713/Case No. WD79045 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.)

Tagged with: Childhood Sex Abuse Emotional Distress Tort

Geran v. Xerox Education Services, Inc. (MLW No. 67806/Case No. WD77507 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.)

Tagged with: Consumer Law Emotional Distress Merchandising Practices Act student loans

Villanueva v. City of Scottsbluff (MLW No. 67451/Case No. 14-1792 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)

Tagged with: civil rights Emotional Distress Equal Protection

Townsend v. Bayer Corporation (MLW No. 67262/Case No. 13-1468 – 29 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Bye, J.)

Tagged with: Emotional Distress Employer - Employee Wrongful Termination

A Jackson County jury sided with five law enforcement officers Monday, declining to award $325,000 in personal injury damages to a woman who had her door kicked in by her ex-husband, an off-duty cop.

Tagged with: Emotional Distress property damage

Doe v. Hagar (MLW No. 66889/Case No. 13-2156 – 16 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Bright, J.)

Tagged with: Emotional Distress invasion of privacy libel Tort

The publisher of a defunct Kansas City crime tabloid is on the hook for more than $550,000 in damages, court costs and legal fees thanks to a mug-shot mistake that wrongly identified a Kansas City, Kan., man as an accused sex offender.

Tagged with: Emotional Distress invasion of privacy Verdicts & Settlements

Biersmith v. Curry Association Management, Inc. (MLW No. 62886/Case No. WD73231 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

Tagged with: Attorney’s Fees CMartin Emotional Distress Negligence