Goldfarb v. Baker

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is an action for damages for “outrageous conduct.”

The plaintiff, Mark Harry Goldfarb, alleges that he is a Memphis State University student who was enrolled in a course taught by the defendant Baker. During a class meeting, an unidentified prankster entered the classroom, threw a pie, which struck the defendant professor, and ran away. The complaint further alleges that the angered professor immediately accused the plaintiff of the assault; that on the next day defendant forbade plaintiff to attend class; had him ejected from the building when he attempted to take…