Croom v. Younts

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellant in this case, Wendell Croom, urges two points in his appeal: (1) evidence of the tort of outrage was insufficient, and (2) the trial court erred in instructing the jury. We agree with the appellee, Kathie Younts, on both points and affirm the judgment.

Kathie Younts is the mother of Rachel Younts, who at the time of the events in question in 1993, was age 15. (Rachel Younts’s date of birth was October 2, 1977.) Younts is also the first cousin of Wendell Croom, who in the summer of 1992 lost his wife to cancer. During the time of the events leading to this…