Legal Opinion
King v. Kidd
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 26, 1993No. 90-CV-1621, 91-CV-283PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This case presents the question whether a jury reasonably could find that actions by two government agency supervisors, Robert King and Raymond Lambert, amounted to “extreme and outrageous conduct,” justifying liability for intentional infliction of emotional distress on an agency employee, Patricia Kidd, who was sexually harassed by another employee, Melvin Carter, while working with Kidd under King’s and Lambert’s supervision. Plaintiff-appellee Kidd sued defendant-appellants King and Lambert, as well as employee Carter and the District of Columbia, for sexual…
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