Boyles v. Kerr

[Filed Dec. 2, 1992]

[Fjreedom from severe emotional distress is an interest which the law should serve to protect.

St. Elizabeth Hospital v. Garrard, 730 S.W.2d 649, 653 (Tex.1987).

A young woman was found by a jury to have suffered severe emotional distress when her most intimate act was secretly videotaped and displayed to others. To deny her relief, the majority rewrites Texas law and recants the respect for human dignity affirmed by this court in St. Elizabeth Hospital. Having recently weakened the right to privacy1 and demonstrated its indifference to the plight of a rape victim,2 the…