MOORHEAD v. J.C. PENNEY CO., INC.


555 S.W.2d 713 (1977)

Robert C. MOORHEAD and wife, Elizabeth A. Moorhead, Appellants, v. J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Vines, III, Butler, Vines, Babb & Threadgill, Knoxville, for appellants.

Dalton L. Townsend, Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, for appellee.


OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is an action to recover compensatory and punitive damages for the alleged infliction of "severe emotional distress, exasperation, physical irritability and nervousness, headaches, anger and frustration" upon the plaintiffs by a course of conduct on the part of the defendant and its agents which plaintiffs characterize as "outrageous." The trial court dismissed the complaint, holding that it failed to state a cause of action upon...

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