Legal Opinion
Drejza v. Vaccaro
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 25, 1994No. 92-CV-1281PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
In this action for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress brought by Donna M. Drejza, a rape victim, against Michael J. Vaccaro, the police detective assigned to investigate the rape, the trial judge granted Vaccaro’s motion for summary judgment. The principal question presented on appeal is whether, treating Ms. Drejza’s account of her dealings with Detective Vaccaro as true and drawing all reasonable inferences from the record in her favor, Vaccaro’s conduct while interviewing her shortly after the rape was sufficiently severe and outrageous to…
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