4 R214 is a Transcript of Jury Trial, Volume VII of X. USCA11 Case: 22-12512 Document: 14 Date Filed: 08/29/2022 Page: 16 of 45 via social media to notify her that Jones was lying about living with Plaintiff.
Dr. Blake titled that report Therapeutic Coaching Summary and noted, in the first paragraph, that sessions were conducted to determine barriers that may interfere with Plaintiff achieving her career goals.
Because the evidence showed the Defendants did not act with a reckless disregard for the truth, Plaintiff should not have recovered damages for USCA11 Case: 22-12512 Document: 14 Date Filed: 08/29/2022 Page: 30 of 45 defamation or false light invasion of privacy.
There was no evidence that any of Ms. Kebe’s stories about Plaintiff were fabricated by Ms. Kebe, a product of Ms. Kebe’s imagination, based wholly on an unverified anonymous call, or so inherently improbable that only a reckless person would have put them in circulation.
Emotional distress includes all highly unpleasant mental reactions such as fright, horror, grief, shame, humiliation, embarrassment, anger, chagrin, disappointment, worry, and nausea.