Falzone v. Busch

How courts have described this case

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

• holding psychological or mental injuries significant enough to cause sickness compensable harm
• holding psychological or mental injuries significant enough to cause sickness compensable harm
• allowing recovery for injury caused by “a reasonable fear of immediate personal injury” without actual physical contact
• upholding plaintiffs claim for damages based on the foreseeability of the defendant’s coming “so close to [her] as to put her in fear for her safety,” without actual physical harm
• permitting recovery if plaintiff placed in reasonable fear of personal injury
• emotional distress damages are recoverable where defendant operated automobile in a manner that put plaintiff in fear for her life

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).