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· 1/24/1984

Eyrich for Eyrich v. Dam

Citations

  • 473 A.2d 539
  • 193 N.J. Super. 244

How courts have described this case

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

  • determining rescuer had valid claim for emotional distress because “where a danger has been negligently created . . . intervention of a rescuer is reasonably foreseeable”
  • \... extension of the Portee doctrine should come not from us but from the Supreme Court.\
  • plaintiff had a viable cause of action for emotional distress suffered in attempted rescue of neighbor's child from fatal attack by a leopard at the circus
  • excessive drinking, “suicidal ideation, insomnia, depression, hallucinations constitute physical injury

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Judges: Judges Botter, Pressler and O'brien

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