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- Title: Eddy v. Brown
- Author : In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Eastern District
- Release Date : January 25, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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1 Appellant, Forrest E. Eddy [Eddy], sought to recover - under two theories of liability - actual and exemplary damages against his employer, Texaco Inc. [Texaco], his supervisor, John L. Brown, Jr. [Brown] and his foreman, Dallas D. Wilson, Jr. [Wilson], all of whom will be called collectively "employer," for the tort of outrage and invasion of privacy. Eddys grievance under the outrage claim was that Texaco, acting through its agents, Brown and Wilson, engaged in a course of intentional harrassment that subjected him to the ridicule of his co-workers and resulted in mental anguish which ultimately caused him to quit the job. In the invasion-of-privacy claim Eddy complained of Browns disclosure to the co-workers at the employers Tulsa refinery of information about Eddys psychiatric problems and evaluation. Based on its conclusion that the undisputed facts tendered by the evidentiary materials fell short of establishing a legal claim against the employer under either of the two causes of action, the district court gave summary judgment in its favor. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the cause for trial by jury. On the employers petition for certiorari we now vacate the Court of Appeals opinion and affirm the trial courts judgment.