Courtney v. Courtney

MILLER, Justice:

The plaintiff, Frances Courtney, instituted this civil action in the Circuit Court of Taylor County against her former husband, Denzil Courtney. 1 The plaintiffs complaint included, among others, three separate causes of action: (1) that the defendant willfully, wantonly, and intentionally assaulted and battered her; (2) that as a result of the defendant willfully, wantonly, and intentionally physically abusing her, the plaintiff suffered from the intentional infliction of emotional distress; 2 and (3) that she suffered emotion al distress as a result of her “bystander’s view”…