Court Opinion

ID: 9695178
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 18:10:55.916977+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:09.573223
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MELINSON, Judge,
concurring:
I disagree with the majority’s interpretation of Kazatsky v. King David Memorial Park, Inc., 515 Pa. 183, 527 A.2d 988 (1987). The majority states that Kazatsky “makes clear that the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress is not recognized in Pennsylvania.” In Kazatsky, the Supreme Court of this Commonwealth held that a plaintiff must present competent medical evidence of intentional infliction of emotional distress. See Houston v. Texaco, Inc., 371 Pa.Super. 399, 538 A.2d 502 (1988).
This disagreement regarding Kazatsky notwithstanding, appellants have failed to allege, in their second amended complaint, competent medical evidence of emotional distress. Consequently, they have not made out a cause of action for the intentional infliction of emotional distress.
For the above-mentioned reasons, I respectfully concur in the result reached by this court.