· 6/7/1996
Nelson v. Flanagan
Citations
- 677 A.2d 545
- 1996 Me. LEXIS 135
How courts have described this case
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- holding that because son was not present at hospital when hospital's alleged negligence occurred, he is unable to recover on a claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress
- ‘‘in an appropriate case a medical misdiagnosis may result in an allowable claim for [bystander emotional distress]’’
- son and husband asserted a bystander emotional distress claim for medical misdiagnosis of mother / wife
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Judges: Wathen, Roberts, Glassman, Clifford, Dana, Lipez
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