Alfonzo Harris, Beverly Harris v. Procter & Gamble Cellulose Co., Terri Delong, Tollie Strode and Michael Brantley

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this interlocutory appeal, we rely on Lightning v. Roadway Express, Inc., 60 F.3d 1551 (11th Cir.1995), to affirm the district court’s denial of appellants’ rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss the appellee’s claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress under Georgia law.

BACKGROUND

Appellee Alfonzo Harris (Harris) worked at the Oglethorpe, Georgia, pulp and paper plant of appellant Procter & Gamble Cellulose Co. (Procter & Gamble) for approximately twelve years. The company terminated his employment in 1992. On May 2, 1994, Harris instituted this lawsuit in the…