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Grotts v. Zahner

Nevada Supreme Court

989 P.2d 415 (1999)

Torts
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Kellie Grotts (plaintiff) witnessed her fiancé, John Colwell, die in a car accident caused by Gertrude Zahner (defendant), and sued for bystander emotional distress damages. The trial court dismissed her claim because she was not related to Colwell by blood or marriage, and Grotts appealed.

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Whether a bystander plaintiff seeking negligent-infliction-of-emotional-distress damages must prove she was near the accident, was emotionally injured by contemporaneously observing it, and was related to the victim by blood or marriage.

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