WHITE v. MONSANTO CO.

No. 91-C-0148.

585 So.2d 1205 (1991)

Irma WHITE v. MONSANTO COMPANY and Gary McDermott.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1991.

Concurring in Denial of Rehearing October 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman A. Mott, III, James A. Nugent, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, for defendant-applicant.

Gerald E. Meunier, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon, & Ates, for plaintiff-respondent.

Clyde H. Jacob, III, Kullman, Inman, Bee, Downing & Banta, for Louisiana Ass'n of Business and Industry, amicus curiae.


HALL, Justice.

Writs were granted in this case to review a judgment of the court of appeal affirming an award of $60,000 damages to an employee against her employer and a supervisory co-employee for intentional infliction of emotional distress occasioned by the supervisor's profane outburst while dressing down the employee and two other employees for not working as he thought they should. Finding that the supervisor's conduct...

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