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KENTUCKY CHICKEN CO. v. WEATHERSBY

No. 75, September Term, 1991.

326 Md. 663 (1992)

607 A.2d 8

KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN NATIONAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, ET AL., v. SERITA J. WEATHERSBY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Dunn, argued and on brief (Richard F. Shaw, George T. Manning, and Nancy C. Lee, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, on brief), Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Alan Banov, argued and on brief (David Fishman, on brief), Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Lawrence S. Lapidus, Chaikin & Karp, P.C., Gary Simpson, Bruce Fredickson and Woodley B. Osborne, Rockville, for Maryland Employment Lawyers Ass'n and Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Ass'n, amici curiae.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.

CHASANOW, Judge.

This case presents us with a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress. Serita J. Weathersby contends that her former employer, Kentucky Fried Chicken National Management Company (KFC), and Lee Watts, an area manager for KFC, treated her so outrageously that they should be held accountable under the stringent standards we apply for this exceptional tort. A jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County found in her favor and awarded her...

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