Neufeldt v. L. R. Foy Construction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict awarding plaintiffs the aggregate sum of $350,000 predicated upon the tort of outrage.

Plaintiffs in this action are husband and wife. Rick Neufeldt is the owner of a small company known as J & R Earthmoving, *665operating out of Inman. Lori Neufeldt does the bookkeeping for her husband’s company. Defendant Foy Construction Co., Inc., was the prime contractor on the Sylvan Grove sanitary sewer project. The dirt work portion of the Sylvan Grove project was subcontracted to J & R Earthmoving. The same…