Mellaly v. Eastman Kodak Co.

The defendant Eastman Kodak Company moves to strike the first count of the plaintiff Hubert J. Mellaly’s complaint, which alleges a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Connecticut recognizes such a cause of action if the following elements are present: “ ‘(1) that the actor intended to inflict emotional distress; or that he knew or should have known that the emotional distress was a likely result of his conduct; (2) that the conduct was extreme and outrageous; (3) that the defendant’s conduct was the cause of the plaintiff’s distress; and (4) that the emotional…