The court held that a plaintiff may recover for severe emotional distress without bodily injury when the defendant intentionally or recklessly engages in extreme and outrageous conduct that causes the distress.
Supreme Court of Virginia, 1974
Published opinions from 1974. The case name opens the case page.
1974 opinions
The court held that the Texas divorce decree was entitled to full faith and credit as to the wife's property and support rights because Texas had personal jurisdiction over her and its property-division scheme protected the same support right as Virginia alimony.
The court held that a habeas petitioner may not raise a constitutional challenge to an allegedly suggestive pretrial identification when he had a fair opportunity to raise and litigate that issue at trial and on direct appeal, absent ineffective assistance of counsel.