Northside Hospital, Inc. v. Ruotanen

Ellington, Judge.

Jeanne Ruotanen sued Northside Hospital, Inc., alleging, inter alia, that her treatment by Northside in connection with the disposition of the body of her deceased father constituted intentional infliction of emotional distress. The trial court denied Northside’s motion for summary judgment on Ruotanen’s claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Following our grant of Northside’s application for interlocutory review of the trial court’s order, Northside contends that its employees’ conduct as alleged by Ruotanen was not sufficiently extreme and outrageous to be…