intentional infliction of emotional distress Archives

Florida Appellate Court Affirms No Liability For EMT Posting Patient’s Trauma Photos

April 30, 2026

On May 28, 2022, Jose Lopez Canizares was riding his motorcycle when he was involved in an accident and transported to Florida Kendall Hospital. When Canizares arrived, he was cared for by emergency medical technicians (“EMT”) Alex Marcovich and Cole Bouza. During treatment, EMT Marcovich took a[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendants In Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress Medical Malpractice Case

December 10, 2025

Ian Hall and Morgan Thomas, a married couple, brought claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress against Thomas’s treating physician based on her use of allegedly extreme and outrageous terminology when consulting with them following the [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Reinstates Attorney’s Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Her Wrongful Involuntary 12-Day Commitment To Hospital’s Psychiatric Unit

November 3, 2024

Background Facts On June 14, 2020, plaintiff’s sister had plaintiff, an attorney, transported to Hackensack University Medical Center’s (HUMC) emergency room for treatment of right hip pain that prevented her from ambulating. During her treatment at the hospital, information was erroneou[...]

California Appellate Court Finds Father Sufficiently Pled Cause Of Action For Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress In Lawsuit For Harvesting Daughter’s Organs Without His Consent

March 16, 2022

The Court of Appeal of the State of California Fifth Appellate District (“California Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on January 31, 2022 that the trial court erred in dismissing a father’s lawsuit against a hospital and Donor Network West for intentional inf[...]

Massachusetts Appellate Court Holds That Withdrawal Of Consent May Constitute Medical Battery

March 1, 2020

A Massachusetts Appellate Court held in its opinion filed on February 11, 2020, “We are required in this case to consider whether there is a viable cause of action for battery, in the medical context, based on withdrawal of consent. We conclude that there is. In a case such as this, which invo[...]

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Florida Appellate Court Affirms No Liability For EMT Posting Patient’s Trauma Photos

Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendants In Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress Medical Malpractice Case

New Jersey Appellate Court Reinstates Attorney’s Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Her Wrongful Involuntary 12-Day Commitment To Hospital’s Psychiatric Unit

California Appellate Court Finds Father Sufficiently Pled Cause Of Action For Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress In Lawsuit For Harvesting Daughter’s Organs Without His Consent

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