HENRIKSEN v. CAMERON


622 A.2d 1135 (1993)

Marie B. HENRIKSEN v. John Malcolm CAMERON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Reargued September 18, 1992.

Decided March 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Macri (orally) and Tyler Kolle, Berman & Simmons, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Peter L. Murray (orally) and Ann M. Courtney, Murray, Plumb & Murray, Portland, for defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and RUDMAN, JJ.


COLLINS, Justice.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether a spouse, now divorced, may recover for emotional suffering intentionally inflicted by the former spouse during their marital relationship through physical violence and accompanying verbal abuse. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the injured plaintiff, Marie B. Henriksen, in her action for intentional infliction of emotional distress against her former husband, John Malcolm Cameron. Cameron appealed...

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