Legal Opinion
Phinazee v. Interstate Nationalease, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 16, 1999No. A98A2234PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
Stanley Phinazee appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to his former employer, Interstate Nationalease, Inc. (Interstate), and Jim Stokley, his former employer and immediate supervisor respectively, on his claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent retention.
Phinazee originally filed suit in federal district court in 1995, alleging these same state grounds as well as racial discrimination in violation of 42 USC § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The state law claims were then dismissed and refiled in state court…
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