Comments on: Feds open the door for employer’s liability for intentional infliction of emotional distress by mid-level managers. http://keefe-law.com/blog/2009/09/07/feds-open-the-door-for-employer%e2%80%99s-liability-for-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-by-mid-level-managers/ KCA's Workers Compensation & Employment Law Blog Sat, 08 May 2010 14:31:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Arik http://keefe-law.com/blog/2009/09/07/feds-open-the-door-for-employer%e2%80%99s-liability-for-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-by-mid-level-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Arik Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:14:18 +0000 http://keefecampbell.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-5 From Black's: Dictum - A statement of opinion or belief considered authoritative because of the dignity of the person making it, a familiar rule or maxim Perhaps the proper term would have been "judicial dictum" - An opinion by a court on a question that is directly involved, briefed, and argued by counsel, and even passed on by the court, but that is not essential to the decision. In any case, I stand by the lay definition used above. Please remember, this blog is for the benefit of non-lawyers as well as those in the learned profession. From Black’s: Dictum – A statement of opinion or belief considered authoritative because of the dignity of the person making it, a familiar rule or maxim

Perhaps the proper term would have been “judicial dictum” – An opinion by a court on a question that is directly involved, briefed, and argued by counsel, and even passed on by the court, but that is not essential to the decision.

In any case, I stand by the lay definition used above. Please remember, this blog is for the benefit of non-lawyers as well as those in the learned profession.

]]> By: Arik http://keefe-law.com/blog/2009/09/07/feds-open-the-door-for-employer%e2%80%99s-liability-for-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-by-mid-level-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Arik Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:07:29 +0000 http://keefecampbell.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-4 Anonymous wrote: I take issue with your definition of the term dicta... Anonymous wrote:

I take issue with your definition of the term dicta…

]]> By: Arik http://keefe-law.com/blog/2009/09/07/feds-open-the-door-for-employer%e2%80%99s-liability-for-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-by-mid-level-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Arik Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:38:24 +0000 http://keefecampbell.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-3 The conduct wasn’t described in detail in the opinion as the issues were dealt with as matters of law. The only references are the manager “scolded”, “yelled at”, and “ma[d]e fun” of the employee. The conduct wasn’t described in detail in the opinion as the issues were dealt with as matters of law. The only references are the manager “scolded”, “yelled at”, and “ma[d]e fun” of the employee.

]]> By: Arik http://keefe-law.com/blog/2009/09/07/feds-open-the-door-for-employer%e2%80%99s-liability-for-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-by-mid-level-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Arik Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:36:25 +0000 http://keefecampbell.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-2 Anonymous wrote: Why are you so shy about describing the conduct at issue? Anonymous wrote:

Why are you so shy about describing the conduct at issue?

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