Rose Cleveland, Individually and in Her Capacity as of the Estate of Robert Cleveland, Esquire, Deceased v. Michael Rotman

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• stating that Illinois follows the “impact rule,” which allows a plaintiff to recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress only if the distress is directly and causally related to a physical injury
• stating that Illinois follows the “impact rule,” which allows a plaintiff to recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress only if the distress is directly and causally related to a physical injury
• affirming dismissal of a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress because the plaintiff “did not allege that Rotman’s negligence caused Cleveland a physical injury that directly caused his emotional distress”
• “Illinois follows the ‘impact rule,’ which allows a plaintiff to recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress only if the distress is directly and causally related to a physical injury.”
• “Illinois follows the ‘impact rule,’ which allows a plaintiff to recover for [a negligent infliction of emotional distress] only if the distress is directly and causally related to a physical injury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).