Samms v. Eccles

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiff Marcia G. Samms sought to recover damages from David Eccles for injury resulting from severe emotional distress she claims to have suffered because he persistently annoyed her with indecent proposals.

The parties presented their respective contentions to the court at pretrial. The court entered a pretrial order noting that, “plaintiff bases her cause of action on * * the infliction of severe emotional distress by wilful and wanton conduct of an outrageous and intolerable nature,” and dismissed the action upon the ground that plaintiff had shown no basis upon which…