
Case Law Citations 4
by Robert Hedges ©
. . . existence of good will is question of fact for the factfinder - Taormina v Calicchia, 355 SW2d 569 (Tex. App 1962)
. . .the chief elements of good will are continuity of place and continuity of name - 24 Am Jur ¤ 805 - cites Yost - Kershaw v Knox Kershaw Co, 523 SO2d 351 at 357, (Ala. Sup 1988)
. . . good will is generally understood to mean advantages that accrue to a business on account of its name, location, reputation, or success. Taormina v Calicchia, 355 SW2d 569 (Tex. App 1962)
. . . good will exists as property merely as an incident to other property rights and is not susceptible to being owned and disposed of separately and apart from the property right to which it is incident - 38 CJS Good Will ¤3 p. 951 - Yost v Patrick, 17 SO2d 240, (Ala. Sup 1944)
. . . as far as dependent upon location or name, good will may become extinct or rendered less valuable by termination of right to continue to occupy the premises or the loss of the right to do business under name used. The chief element of value in good will is the continuity of place and the continuity of name. 38 CJS Good Will, ¤4 p. 953 cites Yost -Jackson v Caldwell, 415 P2d 667 (Utah Sup 1966)
. . . retiring partner leaves good will at old place, with old name - cites Menendez v Holt (below) - Brown Chemical v Meyer, 139 US 540 at 548, (1890)
. . a generation cometh, and a generation passeth away, but the land enduereth forever - Biblical quote -
. . . Liens are property rights and cannot be divested as a matter of procedure - In Re Penn Cent Brewing, 114 F2d 1010 at 1013, (3rd Cir 1940) 312 US 685 denied, 135 F2d 63, (3rd Cir 194_); Britton v Western Iowa Co, 9 F2d 488 at 491, (8th Cir 1925); The Lottawanna, 21 Wall [ 88 US] 558 at 579, (1874)
. . . The essence of ownership is the constitutional right to not be deprived of the right to a fair return on investment - RR CommÕr Cases, 116 US 307 at 331, (1885); NP RR v N Dakota, 236 US 585 at 596, (1889); Near v Minne, 283 US 697 at 707, (1930); LA Gas v RR Commn, 289 US 287, (1932); Aetna Co. v Hype, 275 US 440, (1928)
. . . coercive activity that prevents its victims from making free choices between market alternatives is inherently destructive of competitive conditions and may be condemned even without proof of its actual market effect. Kiefer Stewart v Joseph E Seagram & Sons, 340 US 211 at 213, (1951)
. . . .good will is a matter which may be preserved . . . if the business is such as a going concern, but which is wholly lost, if the concern is wound up.? - good will is a privilege that gives a reasonable expectancy of a preference in the race of competition- such expectancy may come from succession in place or name or otherwise to business that has won the favor of its customers. It is then known as good will. Waterbury v Waterbury, 128 SW2d 568 at 572, (Ky1939)
. . . .Good will has no existence except in connection with a going concern business. It cannot be separated from the going business to which it is incident. Pfleghar Hardware Specialty Co v Blair, 30 F2d 614 at 616, (2nd Cir 1929) Grace Bros v IRS, 173 F2d 170 at 175, (9th Cir 1949)
. . . every positive advantage that has been acquired by the old firm in the progress of business, whether connected with the premises in which the business was previously carried on, or with the name of the late firm, or with any other matter carrying with it the benefit of the business [is good will] Menendez v Holt, 128 US 514 at 522, (1888) Grace Bros v IRS, 173 F2d 170 at 176, (9th Cir 1949)
. . . if by the nature of the action the condemnee is precluded from transferring its business, going concern, or good will value to another location, evidence is to be heard to substantiate damage. Kimball Laundry v US, 338 US 1 at 15, (1949)
. . . the measure of the compensation is the loss suffered by the former owner, not the gain accruing to the taker. - compensation is a constitutionally required substantive right - Boston C of C v Boston, 217 US 188 at 195, (1909); McGovern v NY, 229 US 363, (1912); US v Miller, 317 US 369, (1942); US v GM, 323 US 373 at 377/378, (1944); US v Causby, 328 US 256 at 262 n7, (1945); US v Felin, 334 US 624 at 631, (1947); Kimball Laundry v US, 338 US 1 at 13, 23, (1948)
. . .equity will interfere to prevent an unconscionable harm to a tenant who has a long-standing interest in that particular location. JNA Realty v Cross Bay, 366 NE2d 1313, (NY 1977) as cited in Rose v Trabue, 91-CA-2511-MR, (slp op 20 Aug 1993)
. . .good will is a benefit beyond capital investment, and a barber shop with a 25 years history of 11 pm service has a vested property right protected from arbitrary interference by state or city - McDermott v City of Seattle, 4 F Supp 855 at 857, (DC Wash 1933)
. . . judges . . . who step outside of the circle of duty thus drawn by the letter of the statute, they must answer in damages to such individuals as may suffer from such unauthorized acts. Blincoe v Head, 44 SW 374, (1898); Reed v Taylor, 78 SW 892, (1904)
one who has a reasonable expectancy of a contract has a property right - Hardy v Erickson, 36 NYS2d 823 at 826, (1942); tortious interference extends to mere negotiations. - Morse v Swank, 459 F Supp 660 at 667, (SDNY 1978)
coercive activity that prevents its victims from making free choices between market alternatives is inherently destructive of competive conditions and may be condemned even without proof of its actual market effect. Kiefer Stewart v Joseph E Seagram & Sons, 340 US 211 at 213, (1951)
There is no doubt the general principle is favored, both in law and justice, that every man may fix what price he pleases upon his own property, or the use of it. Lord Ellenborough, in Aldnut v Inglis, 12 East 527 at 537, cited in Munn v Ill, 94 US 113 at 127, (1876)
The essence of ownership is the constitutional right to not be deprived of the right to a fair return on investment - RR CommÕr Cases, 116 US 307 at 331, (1885); NP RR v N Dakota, 236 US 585 at 596, (1889); Near v Minne, 283 US 697 at 707, (1930); LA Gas v RR Commn, 289 US 287, (1932); Aetna Co. v Hype, 275 US 440, (1928)
. . . the term property is therefore said to include everything which is subject of ownership, corporeal or incorporeal, tangible or intangible, visible or invisible, real or personal, choses in action as well as in possession, everything which has an exchangeable value, or which goes to make up one's wealth or estate. Button v Drake, 195 SW2d 66 at 68/69, (1946)
. . . . deceit as a tort requires something in the way of knowledge of the falsity of the statement, and an intention to mislead, - Walker v Sheldon, 179 NE2d 497, (NY App 1961); Payne v Jackson, 203 SO2d 443, (AL 1967); Broomfield v Mann, 643 P2d 100, (KS 1982)
. . . Legal argument based on a knowingly false representation of law constitutes dishonesty toward the tribunal. A lawyer is not required to make a disinterested exposition of the law, but must recognize the existence of pertinent legal authorities. Furthermore as stated in paragraph (a)(3), an advocate has a duty to disclose directly adverse authority in the controlling jurisdiction which has not been disclosed by the opposing party. The underlying concept is that legal argument is a discussion seeking to determine the legal premises properly applicable to the case. Model Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 3.3 comment - Golden Eagle Dist v Burroughs, 801 F2d 1531, (9th Cir 1986)
. . . When a party asserts that something is true, when he does not know whether it is true or untrue, he is practicing a fraud upon the party with whom he deals. It is the policy of the courts to suppress fraud, and at the same time it is the policy of the court not to encourage negligence and inattention on the part of the purchaser of the property. It has been said that it is the lesser of two evils to encourage negligence in the foolish rather than to encourage fraud in the deceitful. The foolish and credulous should be protected against the machinations of the designedly wicked. Bunch v Bertram, 294 SW 805 at 808, (1927)
offer of proof of evidence from witness is required - where the buyer or seller is under compulsion, the price paid will not indicate fair market value - United Fuel & Gas v Mauk, 272 SW2d 810, (KY 1954)
fair market value discussed - fair foreclosure price differs -BFP v Resolution Trust Co, 114 SCt 1757, (1994)
. . . The constitution guarantees to him his
right to a day in court for the purpose of establishing the
alleged wrong perpetuated on him and recovery of his resultant
damages. The imperative mandate of the [State] ¤ 14 is that every
person shall have a remedy by due course of law for an injury
done him in his person. Ludwig v Johnson, 49 SW2d 347 at 351,
(KY 1932)
. . .action purely for a recession of contract of sale of land is
transitory, in personnam . . . Kendrick v Wheatley, 3 Dana 34,
Parrish v Oldham, 3 JJ Marsh 544, as cited in Bullitt v E Ky Land
Co., 36 SW 16, (KY 1896)
. . . claim accrues when the proceedings
are terminated - Morrison v Jones, 551 F2d 939 at 940/41, (4th
Cir 1977)
. . . a limitation will not run until there is a cause of action
- Potter v Conn Mutual Life, 361 SW2d 515 at 516, (1962)
. . . the cause of action would not accrue until the complaining
party has suffered an injury. - Lynn Mining v Kelly, 394 SW2d
755, (KY 1965)
. . . extinguishing a cause of action before it accrues is
impermissible. KY Equal Protection is more detailed and specific.
- Tabler v Wallace, 704 SW2d 179, (1986); Perkins v Northeastern,
90-SC-738-CL, (1991)
. . . law imposes on each of several tortfeasors burden of
proving his own innocence or his own limited liability, Murphy
v Taxicabs of Lou. KY 330 SW2d 395, (KY 1959)
. . . Under concert of action theory plaintiff may sue group of
possible tort-feasors when unable to identify particular
tort-feasor responsible for injury; burden of identification is
therefore shifted to each of defendants to prove that it was not
one responsible for particular injury.
Dawson v Bristol Labs, 658 F Supp 1036, (WD KY 1987)
. . . a defendant whose wrongful conduct has rendered difficult
the ascertainment of precise damages suffered by the plaintiff is
not entitled to complain that they cannot be measured with the
same exactness and preciseness as would otherwise be possible.
Eastman v Southern Photo, 273 US 359 at 378/79, (1926)
. . . party may be liable either as one who aids or abets
another to break contract, or as one who, by procuring breach of
duty, becomes joint tort-feasor.= Steelvest v Scansteel
Service Center, 8O7 SW2d 476, (KY 1991)
. . . rarely is it possible to demonstrate to any absolute
certainty what would have happened in circumstances that the
wrongdoer did not allow to come to pass - Jeanes v Milner, 428
F2d 598 at 605, (8th Cir 1970) cites Hicks v US, 368 F2d 626 at
632, (4th Cir 1966)
. . . a conspiracy is a corrupt or unlawful combination or
agreement between two or more persons to do by concerted action .
. .a lawful act by unlawful means. . . McDonald v Goodman et al,
239 SW2d 97, (1951)
. . . single or multiple conspiracy is a question of fact;
joining the agreement, not the group is the requirement of
conspiracy; names of other conspirators are not required to
convict one conspirator; agreement to conspire is one offense;
substantive offense is separate and independent . . . . tortous
act; - US v Townsend, 924 F2d 1385, (7th Cir 1991)
. . . fraud and conspiracy are not the cause of action, but
rather the overt acts done in furtherance of the fraudulent plan.
. . . The gist of the action is the damage and not the
conspiracy. The charge of conspiracy where unsupported by
evidence will be considered mere surplusage, not necessary to be
proved to support the action. He may yet recover damages against
one or more of the defendants shown to be guilty of the torts .
US v Pan Am Petroleum, 55 F2d 753 at 778, (9th Cir 1932)
. . . it is not the form of the combination or the particular
means used, but the result to be achieved that the statute
condemns. It is equally clear that it is of no importance whether
the means used to accomplish the unlawful objective are
themselves unlawful. Acts done to give effect to the conspiracy
may be in themselves wholly innocent acts, yet if they are part
of a sum of the acts which relied upon to effectuate the
conspiracy the law forbids, they fall within the condemnation of
the statute. Swift v US, 196 US 375, (1904); Standard Oil v
US, 221 US 1, (1910); US v Am Tobacco Co, 221 US 106, (1910); US
v Socony-Vacuum, 310 US 150, (1939); Apex Hosery v Leader, 310 US
469, (1939); Fashion Guide v FTC, 312 US 457, (1940); Wickard v
Filburn, 317 US 111, (1942)
. . . in nearly all cases in which a combination or conspiracy
is established through circumstantial evidence, the alleged
conspirators have engaged in conduct which is in some sense
congruent, compatible or harmonious -
Nurse Midwifery v Hibbert, 689 F Supp 799 at 807, ( ND Tenn
1988)
. . . conspiracies are rarely prove by direct evidence -
Morgan v Sylvester, 125 F Supp 380, ( SD NY 1954)
. . . malice is imputed where wrongful act evidenced entire want
of care or great indifference to consequences and rights of
others
RB Tyler v Kinser, 346 SW2d 306, (KY 1961)
. . . Justice Holmes described this form of malice as follows:
"if the manifest probability of harm is very great, and the harm
follows, we say that it is done maliciously or intentionally. . .
. "Holmes, Privilege, Malice, and Intent, 8 Harv L Rev. 1, at 1
(1894) as quoted in 49 U CHI LR 61 at p. 94
. . . Malice required for intentional interference with
prospective contractual relations may be inferred by proof of
lack of justification.= NCAA v Hornung, 754 SW2d 855, (KY
1988)
The old biblical story of Joseph and his
coat of many colors describes a situation which is beyond the
bounds of decency, and is atrocious and utterly intolerable in
our society. This is a very similar parallel story to the damage
inflicted upon Plaintiff by the several Defendants.
. . . The gravamen of the Crafts' complaint against Rice was
interference with their rights, causing emotional distress.
l) the wrongdoer's conduct must be intentional
or reckless;
. . . intentional infliction of emotional distress- tort of
outrage-indignity, humiliation, inconvenience, mental anguish,
-jury determines and designates liability-
the government of the US has been emphatically termed a
government of laws and not of men - it will certainly cease to
deserve this high appellation if the laws furnish no remedy for
the violation of a vested legal right - Marbury v Madison, 1
Cranch 137, 2 LEd2d 60 (1803) Marshall CJ
a vested right protected by the Federal and state constitution is
some
right or interest in property which has become fixed or
established
and is no longer open to doubt or controversy if it does not
include
claims contrary to justice and equity - Downs v Blount, 170 Fed
15
at 21, (5th Cir 1909)
the court is without authority (jurisdiction) to forgive vested
rights
- Mauk v Mauk, 873 SW2d 213, (KY App 1994)
good faith is performance of a series of acts necessary to the
accomplishment of the end intended - good faith leads to a vested
interest - the due process clause of the 14th Amendment protects
vested rights from encroachment by states - Darlington v Board of
Councilmen, 140 SW2d 392, (KY 1940); Perkins v Joint Planning,
480
SW2d 166 at 168, (KY 1972)
principle of vested rights reflects principles of common and
constitutional law - owner acquired real property rights which
cannot be taken away - equity is separate - Allen v Honolulu,
571
P2d 328 at 329, (HA 1977) ; Kavai v Pacific Standard, 653 P2d 766
at
771, (HA Sup 1982)
A vested right must be complete and consumated, and of such [a
nature] that it cannot be divested without the consent of the
person
to whom it belongs - Merchants Bank v Gerrard, 124 SE 715, (GA
Sup 1924) Words & Phrases -Graham v Great Falls Power, 76 P 808
at 810/11, (Mont Sup 1904)
vested interest cases - Federal Material v Baker, 885 SW2d 704,
(KY 1994); Sanderson v Saxon, 834 SW2d 676, (KY 1992); State v
Ritter's Estate, 46 NE2d 736 at 743, (IN App 1943); Miller v
Dewey
Beach, 521 A2d 642 at 645, (Del Sup 1986); Homeowners Grp v First
National, 521 NE2d 1202 at 1208, (Ill App 1988)
occupation and improvements on public land with a view to
preemption . . . . will act against other persons who do not
have
equal or superior rights. Frisbie v Whitney, 76 US 187, (1869)
a vested interest in land is created by occupancy with
expectation of
completed title - Kansas Supreme Court overruled - Ard v
Brandon,
156 US 537, (1894)
First National Bank v Rockford, 361 NE2d 832 at 842, (Ill App
1977)
common law doctrine of vested rights is recognized in IL -
fiduciary relationships are recognized by: 1) the workings of
law
(atty-client relationship for example) 2) by the facts of a
particular
situation
- the clear and convincing standard of proof applies -
In Re Estate of Rothenberg, 530 NE2d 1148 at 1150, (Ill App 1988)
the minority is vunerable to a variety of oppressive devices
termed
freezeouts which the majority may employee - Donahue v Rodd
Electrotype, 328 NE2d 505 at 513, (Mass 1975)
undisputed evidence about fair market price of stock gives
minority
shareholder rights to sue - squeeze out and freeze-out can be
attacked as breach of duty of loyalty or good faith to each other
-
Fought v Morris, 543 SO2d 167, (Miss 1989)
. . .any attempt to squeeze out a minority shareholder must be
viewed as a breach of his fiduciary duties . . .such conduct is
injurious when the result is the exclusion of the minority
shareholders without adequate recompense and is particularly
harmful when carried out with malevolence or indifference . .
.the
law recognizes a right to recovery under such circumstances -
Orchard v Covelli, 590 F Supp 1548 at 1557, (WD PA 1984) 802 F2d
408, (3rd Cir 1986) affd - cited in Fought v Morris, 543 SO2d
167,
(Miss 1989)
Many forms of conduct permissible in a workaday world for those
acting at arm's length, are forbidden to those bound by fiduciary
ties.
A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the
market
place. Not honesty alone, but the punctillio of an honor the most
sensitive, is then the standard of behavior. As to this there has
developed a tradition that is unbending and inveterate.
Uncompromising rigidity has been the attitude of courts of equity
when petitioned to undermine the rule of undivided loyalty by the
'disintegrating erosion' of particular exceptions. Only thus has
the
level of conduct for fiduciaries been kept at a level higher than
that
trodden by the crowd. It will not consciously be lowered by any
judgment of this court.' As trenchantly stated by the
distinguished
jurist, Chief Judge Cardozo, in Meinhard v. Salmon, 164 NE 545 at
546, (NY 1928); Bryan v. Security Trust Co., 176 SW2d 104, (KY
1943); So say we. Also see to the same effect the case of Re
Estate of
Elder, 83 P2d 477, (OR 1938), and our late case of Karsner's Ex'r
v.
Monterey Christian Church, 200 SW2d 474. (KY 1947); Carpenter v.
Planck, 201 SW2d 908 at 910, (KY 1947)
In the companion case of Cook v. Holland, Ky.App., 575 SW2d 468
(this day decided), we have discussed in greater detail the tort
liability of fiduciaries. Under the orthodox common law rule, a
trustee or other fiduciary is personally liable for torts arising
out of
the administration of the estate. Only if the fiduciary is
completely
without personal fault may he receive indemnification out of the
corpus of the trust estate. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.
v.
Cook, 590 SW2d 885 (Ky App. 1978)
We also note that sections 3-808 and 7-306 of the Uniform Probate
Code authorize direct actions against a personal representative
or
trustee in his fiduciary capacity for torts committed in the
course of
the administration of the trust. . . . the common law rule in
Kentucky [is] that a trustee was not an agent having the power to
bind the beneficiaries of the trust. Auxier v. Aetna Ins. Co.,
222 Ky.
243, 300 SW 617 at 619 (KY 1927). Cook v. Holland, 575 SW2d 468,
(Ky App 1978)
a stockholderÕs individual suit is to enforce a right against the
corp
which the stockholder possesses as an individual - Rules Of Civil
Procedure for US District Courts - Advisory CommÕe Notes, (1966)
HR
Document # 391, 89th Congress 2d Sess 410. - majority
shareholders
may not use their power to control corporate activities . . . .
in a
manner detrimental to the minority - Jones v HF Ahamson Co., 460
P2d 464 at 470-71, (CA 1969)
We repeat what was said in Stephens v. Stephens, 183 SW2d 822 at
824: 'The relationship of partners is a close one and imposes
upon
each the obligation of loyalty, integrity and the utmost good
faith and
fairness with respect to partnership affairs. Betts v. Smither,
220
SW2d 989, (KY 1949)
abritrary and capretious standard of review is appropriate only
when trustees exercise discretionary power to make decision -
Firestone Tire v Brunch, 489 US 101, (1989) cited or de novo
review
when there is an absence of discretionary power -Curry v
Cincinatti
Equitable, 834 SW2d 701, (KY 1992)
. . minority stockholders . . . . could recover damages
incurred when
defendant forced plaintiff out of a prosperous going business, to
plaintiffÕs detriment - [It may be legal and] That this power is
found
in statute, supplies no reason for clothing it with a superior
sanctity
or to vest it with the atributes of tyranny - equity looks to
the
essential character and result - The damages are the difference
between a prosperous going concern business and the sale as of
physical assets - Lebold v Inland Steel, 125 F2d 369 at 374/75,
(7th
Cir 1941) Complaint dismissed in District Court and reversed in
Circuit on appeal .
The nub of the problem is that an absolute freeze out right would
mean that those in control rather than the stockholders himself
would decide when he shall sell his [property] stock. Bryan v
Brock
& Blevins, 490 F2d 563 at 570, (5th Cir 1974)
it is a sad comentary on the law if, when a trustee of a
corporation
estate is making an improper disposition of it, or has shown
improper impartiality towards one of its conflicting parties, or
has
put the estate in a fix it is liable and likely to be either
wasted or
destroyed, or mercilessly taken from all and given to a part, a
court
could not reach out its arm and preserve and administer the
estate -
Cantwell v Columbia, 97 SW 167 at 179, (MO 1906)
we agree with the practically unanimous judicial opinion that
liquidation of solvent going [concern] {corp} . . .involving as
it usually
will accentuation of the economic waste incident to any
receiverships
and most forced sales - acts which lower value of stock of
minority
stockholders attracts stern attention of the court - Patton v
Nicholas, 279 SW2d 848, (TX 1955)
We conclude that tort liability exists in Kentucky for the
malicious
interference with known contractual rights of another when
special
damage results therefrom, at least when accomplished by some
unlawful means such as fraud, deceit or coercion. n1 We would
place
the breach of a fiduciary or confidential relationship on a par
with
fraud and deceit. The pleadings sufficiently charge the tort of
malicious interference with known contractual rights of another
through the use of unlawful means. Henkin v Berea Bank & Trust
Co., 566 SW2d 420, (Ky App. 1978)
NCAA v. Hornung, 754 SW2d 855 at 858 (KY 1988).
An action for interference with contract rights will lie if
defendant
has procured breach by deception or coercion or caused the
severance of a master-servant relationship. -Party damaged by
interference with his contract rights can recover even though he
cannot establish fraud or coercion or a master servant
relationship.
Carmichael-Lynch-Nolan Ad Agency, Inc. & Tony Nolan v Bennett &
Assoc. Inc. Ky.App., 561 S.W.2d 99 (1977)
The fact that an employment is at the will of the employer and
employee does not make it one at the will of others, and
unjustified
interference of third parties is actionable although the
employment
may be at will. Truax v. Raich, 239 US 33. (1915)
the right to earn a livelihood and to continue employment
unmolested by efforts to enforce. . . .[void enactments] . . is
entitled
to protection in equity in the absence of an adequate remedy at
law. .
. Truax v Raich, 239 US 33. (1915)
Unenforceability of contract (about land, under statute of
frauds) is
no defense to action for tortuous interference with its
performance.
Clements v Withers, 437 SW2d 818, (TX Sup Ct. 1969)
. . under Ky law, stranger to a contract may be liable in Tort
for
interference with contractual relation between Plaintiff and a
3rd
party. . . interference with employment agreement terminable at
will
may give rise to tort liability. . . . Cesnik v Chrysler, 490 F
Supp 869,
(1980)
an employee has no right to continued employment, but
nevertheless
has an expectation that his employment will continue. . . Emery v
Marrimack, 701 F2d 988, (1st Cir 1983) Slucher v Safety Coach
Transit, 17 SW2d 1012, (Ky 1929), Chambers v Probst, 140 SW 575,
(Ky 1911)
loss of self esteem for emotional distress due to breach of
employment contract/wrongful discharge -no expert testimony was
required
- jury - instructions on willful, wanton insulting breach -
Allabashi v
Lincoln Sales, 824 P2d 1, (Colo App 1991)
bankruptcy, emparassment, humiliation, severe depression,
physical
condition exacerbated - Knauf Fiberglass v Stein, 615 NE2d 115,
(Ind
App 1993)
. . . Where the malicious prosecution plaintiff's reputation has
not been assailed, the plaintiff has not been imprisoned, or the
plaintiffs property has not been seized or its use prevented, the
damages which may be recovered are limited to the plaintiffs loss
of time and the reasonable expenses incurred in defense of the
action beyond the ordinary costs.
Harter v Lewis Stores 240 SW2d 86 (KY 1951).
. . . Contact, however slight, trifling or trivial will support
a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress.
(fright, shock or mental anguish) Deutsch v Shein, 597 SW2d
141 at 146 (KY 1980).
. . . .loss of job, loss of home, devastating reduction in
societal status,
loss of consortium - Vascocu v Acme Cement, 610 SO2d 258, 615 SO
2d 341, (LA App 1992)
duty or standard of care is a question of law for the court -
Davies v
Comm, 349 F Supp 62, (DC Ky 1972) Thus summary dismissal is
wrong.
negligence is a question of fact for jury - US v Marshall, 230
F2d 183
at 187, (9th 1956)
. . . False light in the public eye (Lord Byron 1816) This is
defined as : rogue's gallery, pity, ridicule, mental stress,
humiliation, objectionable to reasonable person.
. . to expose one to public hatred, shame, obloquy, contumely,
odium, contempt, ridicule, aversion, ostracism, degradation or
disgrace, or to induce an evil opinion of one in the minds of
right-thinking persons, and to deprive one of their confidence
and friendly intercourse in society." Kimmerle v N.Y Evening
Jour. 186 NE 217 (NY App 1933). This definition seems to have
originated with Baron Parke in Parmiter v Coupland, 151 Eng Rep.
340, (1840)
. . . degrade, disgrace, hold him up to public hatred, contempt
or scorn
Digest Pub Co. v Perry Pub Co., 284 SW2d 832 , (KY 1956)
. . . false light invasion of privacy - O'Brien v Williamson
Daily News, 735 FS 224 at 225, (ED Ky 1990)
6) The Defendant's actions have damaged Plaintiff social
standing, emotional health, physical health, self esteem, and has
caused depression, feelings of dispair, extreme humiliation, and
embarrassment.
. . . loss of self esteem for emotional distress due to breach
of employment contract/wrongful discharge-jury instructions on
willful, wanton insulting breach - Allabashi v Lincoln Sales, 824
P2d 1, (Colo App 1991)
. . . destruction of house leads to depression and feelings of
dispair, nightmares etc. Sullivan v Boston Gas, 605 NE2d
805, 621 NE2d 1194, (Mass 1992)
. . . bankruptcy, embarrassment, humiliation, severe depression,
physical condition exacerbated - Knauf Fiberglass v Stein,
615 NE2d 115, (Ind App 1993)
. . . accident led to loss of job, loss of home, devastating
reduction in societal status, loss of consortium - Vascocu v
Acme Cement, 610 SO2d 258, 615 SO 2d 341, (LA App 1992)
. . . extreme humiliation, embarrassment, worry, inconvenience -
false arrest-Price v Louisiana, 608 SO2d 203, (LA App 1992)
. . . the cutting down of timber, . . . .is destructive of the
substance of the estate; [irreparable] - Erhradt v Borao, 113
US 537 at 539, (1884) Field J
. . . exclusive right to hunting tule is irreparable [injury] -
Dunker v Field & Tule, 92 P 502 at 506, (Cal 1907)
. . . it is irreparable to take one's land and give it into
another's possession -
Bradley v Rumph, 196 SO 500 at 501, (Ala. 1940)
. . . the characteristics constituting irreparable injury are:
1) that the injury is an act which is a serious change of or is
destructive to the property it affects either physically or in
the character in which it has been held and enjoyed. - History
lost and destroyed -
. . . if the trespass, although a single act is or would be
destructive, if the injury is or would be irreparable. That is,
such a nature that, when accomplished, the property cannot be
restored to the original condition or cannot be replaced by means
of compensation in money, then the wrong will be prevented or
stopped by injunction. Eq Jur ¤ 1357, Pomeroys Eq Remedies ¤ 495
cited in Rosenberg v Am Hotel & Garden Co. 121 A 9 at 13, (NJ
1923)
. . injury is regarded as irreparable if there exists no certain
pecuniary standard for measurement of damages. . . United Carbon
v Ramsey, 350 SW2d 454, (KY App 1951)
men who must sacrifice their means of livelihood in order to
test their rights to their jobs must either pursue prolonged
and expensive litigation as unemployeed persons or pull up
their roots, change their life careers and seek employment
in other fields. At least to the average person of the lower
income groups, the burden of taking that course is irreparable
damage. UPW v Mitchell, 330 US 75, (1947) Douglas J dissent
. . . one cannot escape consequences of
wrongful act on grounds act was official act or was directed by
another without authority. Streipe v Liberty Mut, 47 SW2d
1004, (KY 1932)
. . . a person accused of conspiracy to prevent another person
from pursuing a lawful avocation, and, by intimidation and
molestation, to reduce him to beggery and want, is entitled under
the provisions of the constitution . . .to a trial by jury.
Callan v Wilson, 127 US 540, (1887)
. . . Under KY common law, intentional interference with
contractual relations gives rise to a tort action if it is
malicious or without justification = Stratmore v Goodbody, 866
F2d
189, (6th Cir KY 1989) denied 490 US 1066
.
proof of motive for wrongful conduct is not essential to
recovery for tort =
L&N RR v Thomas, 183 SW2d 19, (KY 1944)
2) the conduct must be outrageous and intolerable
in that it offends against the generally
accepted standards of decency and morality;
3) there must be a causal connection between
the wrongdoer's conduct and the emotional
distress; and
4) the emotional distress must be severe.
Craft v Rice, 671 SW2d 247 at 249. (KY 1984)
See also Ross v Burns, 612 F2d 271 at 273 (6th Cir. 1980).
1) was conduct sufficiently severe, extreme and outrageous to
subject him to liability
2) was the emotional distress severe enough to be genuine and
result in liability to plaintiff
Taiwo v Vu, 822 P2d 1024, (Kan App 1991)
HEDGES has the common law real property right to continuation in
business due to HEDGES' vested interest in that specific real
estate.
(the legal side of estoppel by good-faith investment) - Thus a
right of
Plaintiff/Appellant is established. A right infringed is a cause
of
action, when remedy exists.
HEDGES has the equity right to fair treatment as a minority
shareholder who inherited a share of a going-concern family
business, suddenly controlled by a pair of fiduciary antagonists.
The
duty of Defendant as a fiduciary is established here. A duty and
a
delict of that duty is a tort. (in personnam)
iv) HEDGES has the right to redress for
injury caused by the
interference with a present or prospective contractual
relationship,
as is documented as existing regarding the land development
within
the 355 acre Hedges Farm which HEDGES was creating for enhanced
value and additional dwelling sites including HEDGES' own planned
dwelling location. The tort action for injury of mental,
emotional and
reputational damages. (in personnam) is based on the contract
interference.
A duty or legal obligation is that which we ought or ought not to
do.
Duty and right are correllative terms. When a right is invaded, a
duty
is violated. Lake Shore & Mfg Co v Kurtz, 37 NE 303 at 304,
(IN
1894)
. . . insolvency is irreparable harm - Miami Interstate
Realty v Paynter, 807 F2d 871, (10th Cir 1986)
2) that the property must have some peculiar quality or use such
that its pecuniary value, as estimated by a jury, will not fairly
recompense the owner for the loss - there is no substitute with
non-historic land -
Pomeroys Equitable Remedies ¤ 495 Pomeroys Eq Juris Vol. 5
c23 p. 1357 ¤ 493 - ¤ 511 ; Rosenberg v Am Hotel & Garden Co.
121 A 9 at 13, (NJ 1923); Moss v Jordan, 92 SO 689 at 690, (Miss
1922); Camp v Dixon, 38 SE 71 at 73, (Ga. 1901); Hood v Foster,
13 SO2d 652 at 654, (Miss 1943); Dunker v Field & Tule, 92 P
502 at 506, (CA 1907)