AMERICAN ROAD SERV. CO. v. INMON

79-108.

394 So.2d 361 (1980)

The AMERICAN ROAD SERVICE COMPANY v. Robert F. INMON.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Cleveland of Gordon, Cleveland & Gordon, Birmingham, for appellant.

Leo E. Costello of Costello & Stott, Birmingham, for appellee.


BEATTY, Justice.

The basic legal question on this appeal is whether this Court recognizes the intentional or reckless tort of outrageous conduct causing severe emotional distress, as proposed by the American Law Institute's Restatement (Second) of Torts § 46 (1948):

(1) One who by extreme and outrageous conduct intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress to another is subject to liability for such emotional distress, and if bodily...

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