DOMINGUEZ v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC.

No. 81-1064.

438 So.2d 58 (1983)

Antonio DOMINGUEZ, Appellant, v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES, a Foreign Corporation, Crawford and Company, a Foreign Corporation, and Millie Dirube, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Magill, Reid, Kuvin & Lewis and R. Fred Lewis, Bernard P. Goldfarb, Miami, for appellant.

George, Hartz & McNary, Miami, Amy Shield Levine, Boca Raton, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order which, inter alia, dismissed with prejudice one count of the appellant's complaint which sought damages for severe emotional distress alleged to have been caused by outrageous conduct unconnected to any other identifiable tort. We are called upon to decide whether we recognize such a cause of action and, if so, whether the appellant's allegations, taken as true at this stage of the proceedings, bring...

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