PRETSKY v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

No. 51191.

396 S.W.2d 566 (1965)

Elaine PRETSKY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Remand for Further Proceedings Denied December 13, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Kalishman, Phillip J. Paster, Blumenfeld, Kalishman & Tureen, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

John Mohler, Michael Grove, and Jean C. Smith, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


DONNELLY, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant brought an action alleging damages suffered by reason of extreme anxiety, fright and emotional upset, resulting from the acts of an employee of defendant-respondent, who came to her home, falsely stated to plaintiff that there was trouble on her telephone line, and that it was necessary for him to enter upon plaintiff's premises in order to correct the trouble.

The trial court sustained defendant's Motion to Dismiss on...

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