Perdue v. JC Penney Co., Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

Plaintiffs Preston E. Perdue and Patrick D. Grimes have brought this diversity action against J.C. Penney Company, Inc., [hereinafter referred to as “J.C. Penney”] and various officers and employees of that company. Plaintiffs charge that they were wrongfully discharged from their employment with J.C. Penney and that such discharge constituted a prima facie tort for which they are entitled to recover. 1 They also assert that defendants intentionally inflicted mental distress upon plaintiffs by failing to protect them when a threat was made…