Court Opinion

ID: 9704808
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 00:47:16.120016+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:05.611746
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING OPINION
PAPADAKOS, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the majority because I do not find the conduct of Appellee’s owners, agents or employees to have been so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community. Nor is there any evidence of physical or emotional harm done to Appellants. I believe both elements must be established to support a claim for damages for intentional infliction of severe emotional distress by outrageous conduct. Because I believe that the language of Section 46 of the Restatement of Torts is most appropriate for our needs in Pennsylvania, I have no hesitancy in adopting section 46 as the law in Pennsylvania. Although the majority correctly determines that section 46 is unnecessary for a proper disposition in this case, I find no reason why we cannot announce the adoption of section 46 as the law in Pennsylvania and lay to rest the confusion that obviously exists.