American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Williams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “the duty of a podiatrist who is engaged 16 to treat a patient for an ingrown nail . . . [is] not concerned with the emotional well- being of the patient”
• noting that D.C. courts “routinely allow recovery for pain and suffering as ‘parasitic’ damages when the plaintiff’s emotional distress is caused by the defendant’s invasion of another legally-protected interest, such as freedom from physical injury”
• recognizing that duty determination reflects policy assessment
• distinguishing a doctor tasked with delivering a baby from a doctor engaged in treating an ingrown nail
• referring to “serious and verifiable” emotional distress that is “acute, enduring or life-altering”
• acknowledging receipt of defendant’s summons to appear in court and other legal notices

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).