Shipman v. Glenn

Goolsby, Judge:

Wanda P. Shipman, an employee of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, sued the school and Steve Glenn, one of her supervisors, for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Her complaint centers on a single incident of alleged verbal abuse. The trial court granted summary judgment to both defendants. We affirm.

The alleged verbal abuse occurred on December 6, 1988. Shipman filed her complaint December 4,1991.

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Shipman’s counsel indicated during oral argument before this court the issues on appeal concern only Glenn, apparently conceding she has no claim against…