· 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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