Vandiver Food Stores, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America

ORDER

EISELE, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant Risk Planners of Mississippi, Incorporated’s (“Risk Planners”) motion for summary judgment. Risk Planners contends that the plaintiffs (“Vandiver”) negligence claim is an attempt to state a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress and that because plaintiff is a corporation it can not maintain such a cause of action under Arkansas law. Risk Planners also argues that the plaintiffs claim for breach of contract 1 is untenable because Risk Planners was not a party to the contract in question.

Before addressing the…