Oberreuter v. Orion Industries, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• recovery for negligent infliction of emotional distress is intended to compensate the plaintiff for emotional trauma caused by plaintiffs “visceral participation” in the event
• “It is the added horror of witnessing (and probably endlessly reliving) the tragedy that is compensable, other Barnhill elements being present.”
• “[Recovery for negligent infliction of emotional distress is intended to compensate plaintiff ... for the emotional trauma caused by plaintiff’s visceral participation in the event. It is the added horror of witnessing (and probably endlessly reliving

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).