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· 3/14/1977

Krouse v. Graham

Citations

  • 562 P.2d 1022
  • 19 Cal. 3d 59
  • 137 Cal. Rptr. 863
  • 1977 Cal. LEXIS 117

How courts have described this case

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  • ruling that plaintiff need not visually perceive third-party injury to recover
  • noting 25 that “damages for mental and emotional distress . . . are not recoverable in a wrongful 26 death action” under California law
  • interpreting the contemporary observance requirement to include perception through any of the senses
  • interpreting the contemporary observance requirement to include perception through any of the senses
  • court noted that direct emotional impact from sensory and contemporaneous observance did not require plaintiff to actually see the accident
  • court noted that direct emotional impact from sensory and contemporaneous observance did not require plaintiff to actually see the accident

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Judges: Richardson, Mosk

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