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Utah Supreme Court· 8/25/1988

Johnson v. Rogers

Citations

  • 763 P.2d 771
  • 90 Utah Adv. Rep. 3
  • 1988 Utah LEXIS 81
  • 1988 WL 88561

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  • recognizing serious concerns about the zone of danger rule, but concluding that it strikes a “fair balance”
  • recognizing cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress and enunciating standards for employer’s vicarious liability to third party for punitive damages awarded against negligent employee
  • \Virtually all jurisdictions in the United States now recognize a broad protected interest in mental tranquility .... The negligent infliction of emotional distress as a separate tort ... has evolved rapidly only since the 1960s.\ (citation omitted)

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Judges: Durham, Hall, Howe, Stewart, Zimmerman

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