Childers v. Geile
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Appellants Tanya and Jeffrey Childers filed this action against Appellees, Dr. Sandra Geile and Marshal Emergency Services Associates, PSC, claiming severe emotional distress caused by the outrageous and intentional or reckless conduct of Dr. Geile when she told them Tanya had miscarried their child when in fact she had not. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Appellees. The court of appeals affirmed. At issue on appeal was whether summary judgment for Appellees was proper because a claim for intentional infliction of emotion distress cannot be maintained when the same facts support a traditional tort claim. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress did not apply to these facts, and summary judgment was proper because the doctor's conduct was properly the subject of a traditional tort claim.
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