Emotional Distress Suit Thrown Out
The patient sued the non-profit visiting nurse association, her nurse and her nurse’s supervisor. The Court of Appeals of Georgia agreed with the local county court judge’s decision to dismiss the case.To sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress there must be intentional malicious conduct that is outrageous in the extreme. That certainly was not the case here, the court said. The nurse was acting properly and was following the patient’s care plan ordered by her physician when the nurse steadfastly insisted the patient had to take an interest in her own care. It may have been insensitive to threaten loss of insurance coverage, the court said, but not grounds for a lawsuit