Legal Opinion
Maris Friedlander, Also Known as Maris Freed, and Zangwill Freed v. Burton G. Friedlander
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 27, 1998No. 98-1391PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is a diversity suit for intentional infliction of emotional distress and related torts under the common law of Illinois. The plaintiffs are Maris Freed and her father, Zangwill Freed. They are citizens of Illinois. The defendant is Maris’s ex-husband, Burton Friedlander, a citizen of Connecticut. Maris and the defendant were divorced by order of a New York state court, which awarded Maris substantial alimony. When the defendant did not pay, she filed the New York judgment in an Illinois state court and brought suit upon it for the arrears of alimony. That suit is…
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