Legal Opinion
Raymon Hamaker v. Wanda J. Ivy Patricia May Donna Schinz Teresa Ables Lionel Johnson John Ables
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1995No. 94-2132PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Raymon Hamaker appeals the district court’s 1 grant of judgment as a matter of law to the defendants on his tort of outrage claim. Because we find that the evidence presented was not sufficient for a reasonable jury to find for Hamaker on his outrage claim, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Raymon Hamaker, who has an I.Q. of between 75 and 100 and a speech impediment, was in the habit of spending his days “hanging around” the Calhoun County courthouse. The courthouse is a focal point of the town of Hampton, Arkansas, population 1600. Over time, Hamaker became acquainted with the…
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