Ryckeley v. Callaway

Benham, Justice.

Appellees/plaintiffs brought suit against appellants/defendants for damages allegedly suffered by plaintiffs due to defendants’ conduct in damaging part of a private burial ground in which some of plaintiffs’ ancestors were buried. The trial court granted defendants a partial summary judgment on the issues of punitive damages and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment and, as to the claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, held that there existed a question of fact concerning whether the damage done…