In E-Z Serve Convenience Stores v. Crowell, 244 Ga. App. 43 (535 SE2d 16) (2000), there was sufficient evidence to uphold the jury's verdict in favor of the plaintiff on his claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress against his employer. Id. at 45 (1) (a). There, the plaintiff, in his capacity as a manager of an E-Z Serve convenience store, was issued a citation because of violations of a city ordinance, which imposed fines on entities whose alarm systems exceeded a set number of false alarms. Id. at 43 (1). The citation provided that the charges would have to be answered in court on a certain date unless the fines were paid. Id. at 43-44 (1). The plaintiff gave the citation to his supervisor, who warranted to him that he would take care of it. Id. at 44 (1). Because the fines were not paid and no representative of the company appeared in court to answer the charges, the store manager was arrested and detained for over 24 hours. Id.