MIDDLEBROOKS v. HILLCREST FOODS, INC.

Nos. 99-10165, 99-10734.

256 F.3d 1241 (2001)

Reginald MIDDLEBROOKS, Frank Odom, Brenda P. Ross, Donna Scott, Otha Albritten, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HILLCREST FOODS, INC., d.b.a. The Waffle House, Defendant-Appellant, Hal Hanley, Defendant. Reginald Middlebrooks, Sandra Middlebrooks, as next friend of Keshawna Tyler, Sandra Middlebrooks, as next friend of Dacari Middlebrooks, Frank Odom, as next friend of Carla Odom, Brenda P. Ross, as next friend of Brenda M. Ross, Leah Creque-Harris, as next friend of Kyla Harris, and Donna Scott, as next friend of Cory Scott, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Hillcrest Foods, Inc., d.b.a. The Waffle House, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, Hal Hanley, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quinton S. Seay, Marvin A. Devlin, Jennifer D. Odom, Thomas, Means, Gillis, Devlin, Robinson & Seay, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Eric Jeffrey Frisch, William Scott Mayfield, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before WILSON, COX and JOHN GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge:

Hillcrest Foods, Inc., d.b.a. The Waffle House, appeals from a judgment entered against it on a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress brought by Reginald Middlebrooks and seven other plaintiffs.1 Hillcrest argues that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law for numerous reasons, that the Middlebrooks group was not entitled to punitive damages...

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