Harris v. Jefferson Partners, L.P.

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Injured in a traffic accident while riding a bus, a passenger sued the bus company and its driver for the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress. The passenger alleged that following the accident, the bus company and its driver committed an extreme outrage in refusing to summon emergency medical care, in denying him transportation back to the bus station, and in failing to provide him a return ticket back to his home town. In his lawsuit, the passenger insisted that because this conduct was committed by a common carrier, the standards for proving…