An ex-husband, who allegedly falsely advertised online that his ex-wife was offering to provide sexual services, did not owe his ex-wife a sufficient duty to establish liability for negligent infliction of emotional distress, a court of common pleas judge has ruled.

The court also tossed a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress because the ex-wife failed to allege specifically what the online advertisement said. It also threw out a claim against the ex-husband's employer for invasion of privacy, an intentional tort, for having been pleaded as the product of the employer's allegedly negligent reckless or careless conduct.

Earlier this month, Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas M. Piccione granted several preliminary objections to the defendants in Kreitzer v. DeMatteo. Although the rulings sustained all of the defendants' preliminary objections, Piccione allowed the plaintiffs several days to amend their complaint.