Rice v. United Ins. Co. of America

I agree with the majority that the claims for breach of contract and wrongful termination of employment were properly dismissed; however, I believe that the claims for the tort of outrage were also properly dismissed.

The issue is whether the complaint was sufficient to state a cause of action for the tort of outrage. I do not think it was.

Rice alleges in her complaint

"that the Defendants did repeatedly attempt to coerce Plaintiff to taking disability leave, admonished Plaintiff in the presence of co-employees that Plaintiff could no longer perform her duties, harassed Plaintiff both alone and…