Continental Casualty Co. v. Mirabile

This appeal arises from what is, at the least, a series of petty humiliations unfortunately inflicted upon an extremely sensitive young man by his coworkers. His response, after continued abuse, was to file in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County two tort actions against his employer and several of his supervisors alleging negligence, defamation, assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and conspiracy to interfere with contractual relations. The trial judge (Haile, J.) directed verdicts in favor of defendants as to certain counts, joined separate counts, and…