Lockhart v. Marine Manufacturing Corp.

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

In this personal injury action, Milton Lockhart appeals the grant of summary judgment on his claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress against his former employer, Marine Manufacturing Corporation (Marine), and two former supervisors, Floyd Lutrell and Jeff Mass, for comments made to Lockhart by Marine employees. We hold that the Marine employees’ comments do not constitute the “extreme and outrageous conduct” required to sustain a claim for an intentional infliction of emotional distress; accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s grant of summary…