Greer v. Medders

Banke, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment to the defendant, Dr. Lawrence Medders, in an action by plaintiffs James and Lisa Greer to recover damages for intentional infliction of emotioned distress.

The Greers’ deposition testimony would support the following evidentiary conclusions. While Mr. Greer was in the hospital recovering from surgery on his heel, his attending physician departed on a brief vacation, during which it was arranged that Dr. Medders would attend to him. Because Dr. Medders had failed to visit him for several days, Greer called his office to…