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HARRIS v. JONES

[No. 58, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 560 (1977)

380 A.2d 611

WILLIAM R. HARRIS v. H. ROBERT JONES ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Gibbons, with whom were Fine & Klauber, P.A. and Harry Fox on the brief, for appellant.

Francis B. Burch, Jr., and Gerard P. Uehlinger, with whom were Joseph G. Finnerty, Jr., Edward S. Digges, Jr., and Piper & Marbury and Otis M. Smith, General Counsel, General Motors Corporation, on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Jones v. Harris, 35 Md.App. 556, 371 A.2d 1104 (1977), a case of first impression in Maryland, the Court of Special Appeals, in a scholarly opinion by Judge W. Albert Menchine, recognized intentional infliction of emotional distress as a new and independent tort in this jurisdiction. It found that a majority of the states now recognize...

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