Chizmar v. MacKie

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a plaintiffs right to recover emotional damages caused by mere negligence is limited to those cases where the defendant owes the plaintiff a preexisting duty
• looking to precedent, reason and policy in developing the common law
• “[W]e believe that a plaintiff’s right to recover emotional damages caused by mere negligence should be limited to those cases where the defendant owes the plaintiff a preexisting duty.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).