Henriksen v. Cameron

COLLINS, Justice.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether a spouse, now divorced, may recover for emotional suffering intentionally inflicted by the former spouse during their marital relationship through physical violence and accompanying verbal abuse. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the injured plaintiff, Marie B. Henriksen, in her action for intentional infliction of emotional distress against her former husband, John Malcolm Cameron. Cameron appealed asserting two evidentiary challenges and raising the question whether Henriksen’s tort action is barred after the parties’ divorce…