Legal Opinion
Hervey v. MetLife General Insurance Corp. System Agency of Mississippi, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided June 14, 2001No. Civ.A. 300CV939LNPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
TOM S. LEE, District Judge.
Mississippi Code Annotated § 15-1-35 of Mississippi Code Annotated states:
All actions for assault, assault and battery, maiming, false imprisonment, malicious arrest, or menace, and all actions for slanderous words concerning the person or title, for failure to employ, and for libels, shall be commenced within one (1) year next after the cause of such action accrued, and not after.
The issue presently before the court for consideration is whether this statute applies to actions for intentional infliction of emotional distress. In response…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Guthrie v. J.C. Penney Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- City of Mound Bayou v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Nichols v. Tri-State Brick and Tile Co., Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Norman v. BucklewMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
- Lyons v. Zale Jewelry Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1963
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jones v. FLUOR DANIEL SERVICES CORP.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2010
- Bellum v. PCE Constructors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Slaydon v. HansfordCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2002
- Pierce v. the Clarion LedgerDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2006
- GEICO Casualty Company, Geico General Insurance Company, GEICO Indemnity a/k/a GEICO Direct, as Subrogee of Fonda Magee v. Bennie StapletonMississippi Supreme Court · 2021
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