Monk v. Dial

How courts have described this case

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• where defendant fails to object to form of verdict at time of publication, issue is waived
• in wrongful death actions, damages are authorized for the “fright, shock, and mental suffering” experienced by the decedent in the last moments before his death
• “The fright, shock, and mental suffering experienced by an individual due to wrongful acts of negligence will authorize a recovery where attended with physical injury.”
• inference drawn from evidence that decedent’s vehicle veered shortly before collision
• inference drawn from evidence that decedent's vehicle veered shortly before collision
• “The fright, shock, and mental suffering experienced by an individual due to the wrongful acts of negligence will authorize a recovery where attended with physical injury.... [W]e find no requirement that the physical injury precede the mental pain and suffering.”

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