Farnor v. Irmco Corp.

Plaintiff, Phyllisa Farnor, brought this action against defendants, Irmco Corporation and L. S. Cineski, seeking damages for defendants’ alleged intentional infliction of mental distress upon her. The suit arose out of defendants’ refusal to allow plaintiff to move her furniture out of an apartment in the Belmont Hotel unless she paid rent. After a trial without a jury, the trial court entered judgment for plaintiff against Cineski in the amount of *5,000 and a judgment against Irmco in the amount of *10,000. The following evidence was adduced at trial.

In the summer of 1972, plaintiff, aged 25,…