Armstrong v. Paoli Memorial Hospital
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
633 A.2d 605 (1993)
Relevant factsFree
Dawn (plaintiff) was told her husband was critically injured and spent over an hour believing this before learning the actual accident victim, sharing her husband's name, was a stranger; Dawn suffered incontinence and later depression, nightmares, and insomnia, but she never witnessed the accident, wasn't physically near it, and had no relationship to the actual accident victim.
IssueFree
Whether, for a plaintiff to recover for the negligent infliction of emotional distress, she must demonstrate that she is a foreseeable plaintiff who suffered physical injury as a result of the defendant's negligence.
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