HUMANA OF KENTUCKY, INC. v. SEITZ

No. 88-SC-918-DG.

796 S.W.2d 1 (1990)

HUMANA OF KENTUCKY, INC., d/b/a Humana Hospital Audubon, Movant, v. Pamela V. SEITZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

September 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Monohan, Jann B. Logsdon, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, for movant.

Kenneth L. Sales, Tobe Liebert, Segal, Isenberg, Sales, Stewart & Cutler, Louisville, for respondent.


STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The issue we decide on this appeal is whether the evidence presented by the respondent-plaintiff in this case satisfied the threshold requirements of the tort of outrageous conduct, so as to justify submitting the case to a jury. The Court of Appeals answered the question in the affirmative. We disagree with the Court of Appeals and reverse its decision.

On March 11, 1985, respondent, while a patient at movant's hospital, gave birth...

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