Opinion ID: 203443
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Whole Course of Conduct Theory

Text: Soto argues that the sum total of the repeated defamation, the failure to investigate, and the security interview  FedEx's whole course of conduct  amounts to extreme and outrageous conduct, even if the individual actions by FedEx, taken separately, would not. We cannot agree, particularly when two of the actions cited by Soto  the repeated accusations that he shipped drugs and the inadequate investigation of that claim  cannot be considered as conduct relevant to the IIED claim. Soto has not described any conduct, taken together or separately, that could properly form the basis of a claim for IIED. Because Soto has failed to introduce sufficient evidence to support a finding of extreme and outrageous conduct by FedEx, his IIED claim necessarily fails. Accordingly, we reverse the district court's denial of FedEx's motion for judgment as a matter of law and vacate Soto's $1.2 million remitted damage award on that claim.