Legal Opinion
Middlebrooks v. Hillcrest Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 11, 2001No. Nos. 99-10165, 99-10734PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge:
Hillcrest Foods, Inc., d.b.a. The Waffle House, appeals from a judgment entered against it on a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress brought by Reginald Middlebrooks and seven other plaintiffs.1 Hillcrest argues that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law for numerous reasons, that the Middlebrooks group was *1244not entitled to punitive damages, and that the district court should have ordered either a new trial or a remittitur. The Middlebrooks group cross appeals, arguing that the district court erred in instructing the jury on their race…
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- Montgomery v. NogaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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- Philip D. ROSENFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WELLINGTON LEISURE PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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