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· 7/14/1909

Gillam v. Hogue

Citations

  • 39 Pa. Super. 547
  • 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 529

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Damages—Fright of horse — Deterioration in value — Automobiles.</p> <p>The rule that there can be no recovery of damages from fright or other merely mental suffering unconnected with physical injury, does not apply to the deterioration in value of a horse, which has been frightened by the negligent operation of an automobile and rendered unfit thereby to be safely driven on the public roads.</p>

Judges: Beaver, Head, Henderson, Morrison, Orlady, Porter, Rice

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