Bennett v. Warner

McGRAW, Justice:

This is an appeal by William N. and Rose Ann Haney, third-party plaintiffs below, from an order of the Circuit Court of Pen-dleton County which denied their motion for a new trial in their suit against the Appellee, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (Commonwealth), a third-party defendant below. The third-party complaint alleged that Commonwealth’s delay in obtaining a right-of-way for the Appellants was intentional infliction of emotional and physical suffering and distress, and the action was brought within the concept known as the “tort of outrage.” The trial was…