Legal Opinion
Ghodrati v. Stearnes
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 23, 2012No. A11A2286PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MlKELL, Presiding Judge.
Vahid Ghodrati appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to his former employer, Volvo Service Center, Inc. (“VSC”), and his former co-workers, Truman Stearnes and Jeremiah Stearnes, on his claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Because Ghodrati has failed to present evidence that he suffered “severe” emotional distress as a result of appellees’ conduct necessary to prevail on a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress, we affirm.
Summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the movant is entitled…
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