SLOCUM v. FOOD FAIR STORES OF FLORIDA, INC.


100 So.2d 396 (1958)

Julia SLOCUM and Homer V. Slocum, her husband, Appellants, v. FOOD FAIR STORES OF FLORIDA, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Britton, Hodges & Hyman, Miami, for appellants.

Brown, Dean, Adams & Fischer, Miami, for appellee.


DREW, Justice.

This appeal is from an order dismissing a complaint for failure to state a cause of action. Simply stated, the plaintiff sought money damages for mental suffering or emotional distress, and an ensuing heart attack and aggravation of pre-existing heart disease, allegedly caused by insulting language of the defendant's employee directed toward her while she was a customer in its store. Specifically, in reply to her inquiry as to the price of an item he...

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