DOWLING v. BLUE CROSS OF FLA., INC.

No. BB-172.

338 So.2d 88 (1976)

Linda J. DOWLING and Elaine C. Wolter, Appellants, v. BLUE CROSS OF FLORIDA, INC., a Florida Corporation, and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Graham Allen, Freeman, Richardson, Watson, Slade, McCarthy & Kelly, Jacksonville, for appellants.

James E. Cobb, Mathews, Osborne, Ehrlich, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb, Jacksonville, for appellees.


McCORD, Judge.

Appellants' complaint was dismissed with prejudice. It attempted to state a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The gravamen of the allegations was that appellees dismissed appellants from their employment on a false accusation that appellants had sexual relations with one another in the ladies' lounge of appellees' building; that the accusations were made without benefit of a reasonable investigation which would have revealed...

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