Hooper v. Pitney Bowes, Inc.

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Elaine Hooper brought this suit against Gary Simpson, Robert Moretti, and Pitney Bowes, Inc. seeking damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress and slander. Hooper was a sales manager for Pitney Bowes, and Simpson and Moretti were two of her superiors. The jury found that only Simpson had inflicted emotional distress on Hooper. It also found that only Moretti had slandered Hooper, but it also found that Hooper consented to or otherwise produced the defamation. The jury awarded Hooper $50,-000.00 actual damages and $5,000.00 punitive damages…