Deli v. University of Minnesota

OPINION

SHORT, Judge.

Katalin Deli seeks to hold the University of Minnesota liable for emotional distress damages arising from its athletic director’s breach of an oral promise not to view a videotape that contained both the University’s gymnastics team performance at a 1992 Florida competition and Deli’s sexual encounter with her husband in a Florida hotel room. On appeal from an award in Deli’s favor, the University argues its legal obligation and the doctrine of immunity preclude Deli’s promissory estoppel claim. In the alternative, the University argues Deli cannot recover emotional…