Holloway v. Oxygen Media, LLC

KARON OWEN BOWDRE, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

As defendants frequently point out, and as courts regularly affirm, even the most deeply wounding conduct rarely gives rise to civil liability for the tort of outrage. Suffering offense from truly insulting conduct is sometimes an unfortunate fact of life, so the law understandably hesitates to impose money damages for causing emotional distress in the minds of others. But, in very limited circumstances, the law recognizes extremely egregious conduct that no person should be expected to endure without some sort of civil justice. This case…