Lawrence Ex Rel. Powell v. Stanford

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Annette Powell, and her two minor children, Mario Edward Lawrence and Gwendlyn Daphane Lawrence, brought this action against the defendants, J.L. Stanford, a veterinarian, and Ashland Terrace Animal Hospital, PC, for damages and other relief. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants willfully inflicted emotional injuries upon the plaintiffs by their outrageous and extreme conduct in threatening that they “would do away with” the plaintiffs’ little dog as the doctor saw fit unless the plaintiffs paid “in cash and in full” charges made by the defendants…