Halliday v. Beltz

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• denying recovery to daughter and husband of decedent because they did not witness the surgery, the complications of which resulted in her death
• finding complaint failed to meet the “sensory and contemporaneous observance of accident” requirement where plaintiffs were in the hospital during decedent’s surgery and post-op emergency remedial measures but did not actually view the allegedly negligent surgery
• order dismissing plaintiffs’ own claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress was final, even though executor could still proceed on estate’s medical malpractice claim
• order dismissing plaintiffs' own claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress was final, even though executor could still proceed on estate's medical malpractice claim
• daughter of patient who died during surgery could not recover; daughter was not present in operating room
• demurrer upheld on claim for emotional distress suffered by husband and daughter when mother died of complications after surgery

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