EMPIREGAS, INC., OF GADSDEN v. GEARY

81-866.

431 So.2d 1258 (1983)

EMPIREGAS, INC., OF GADSDEN, a Corporation v. Pamela GEARY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr. and Scott M. Phelps of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, for appellant.

Thomas E. Davis and Douglas Burns of Burns, Shumaker & Davis, Gadsden, for appellee.


BEATTY, Justice.

This case requires us to examine the type of conduct constituting the tort of outrageous conduct, and to ascertain whether plaintiff produced evidence sufficient to avoid a directed verdict on certain claims submitted to the jury.

Plaintiff Pamela Geary sued defendant Empiregas after that company failed to return an LP gas regulator it had removed from her tank. These claims went to the jury: (1) breach of contract; (2) conversion; (3) fraud...

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