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HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. v. ZELTWANGER

No. 02-0120.

144 S.W.3d 438 (2004)

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC., a/k/a "Roche," Petitioner v. Joan ZELTWANGER, a/k/a Joan Gonzales, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 27, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Essary, Waco, Lane Transou, The Woodlands Michael W. Fox, Haynes and Boone, Austin, W. Carl Jordan, Houston, for Amicus Curiae.

Thomas F. Loose, Phillip R. Jones, Cynthia Keely Timms, Michael V. Powell, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP, Dallas, Harvey G. Joseph, Law Offices of Harvey G. Joseph, Allan G. King, Dallas, and Russell H. McMains, Law Offices of Russell H. McMains, Corpus Christi, Shannon Cameron and Stuart M. Reynolds Jr., Winstead Sechrest & Minick, Dallas, for Petitioner.

Charles T. Frazier Jr., Cowles & Thompson, P.C., Tim Gavin, Jeffrey S. Levinger and Stephanie Dooley Nelson, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P., G. Michael Gruber, Brian N. Hail, Godwin Gruber, P.C., Dallas, for Respondent.

Chief Justice PHILLIPS delivered the opinion of the Court in which Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice WAINWRIGHT and Justice BRISTER joined.

We must decide whether a plaintiff can recover damages on a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress when the Legislature has created a statutory right to seek emotional damages for the same actions that form the basis of the intentional-infliction claim. The court of appeals concluded that...

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