Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Young

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• no recovery allowed for mental distress without a showing of \objectively observable physical consequences\
• “[N]o recovery may be had for mental anguish in the absence of physical trauma unless there is definite and objective physical injury produced as a result of the emotional stress wrongfully caused.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Boyles v. Kerr
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 598×
• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-22· cited 399×
• James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-01-22· cited 228×
• David R. Green v. Amerada Hess Corporation and L.A. Stricklin
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-06-16· cited 167×
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Devers
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-11-11· cited 91×
• Strickland v. Rossini
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-11-13· cited 83×
• Czaplicki v. Gooding Joint School District No. 231
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1989-05-24· cited 61×
• Thomas v. Global Boat Builders & Repairmen
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-01-08· cited 52×
• Candebat v. Flanagan
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-04-16· cited 27×
• Davidson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  N.D. Mississippi· 1986-08-06· cited 26×
• Frank P. Barhonovich, Jr. v. American National Insurance Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-11-27· cited 14×
• Campbell v. Beverly Enterprises
  S.D. Mississippi· 1989-05-10· cited 13×
• Smith v. St. Regis Corp.
  S.D. Mississippi· 1994-03-31· cited 13×
• Jones v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance
  S.D. Mississippi· 1985-10-01· cited 8×
• Benjamin D. Jones v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-04-11· cited 5×
• Bussen v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.
  S.D. Mississippi· 1987-12-18· cited 2×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• First National Bank v. Langley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-05-05· cited 54×
• Lyons v. Zale Jewelry Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1963-02-18· cited 46×
• TG Blackwell Chevrolet Co. v. Eshee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-04-25· cited 43×
• Daniels v. Adkins Protective Service, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-05-10· cited 27×
• Aldridge v. Johnson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-09-29· cited 15×
• Johnson v. Ford Motor Company
  N.D. Mississippi· 1973-02-08· cited 11×
• Arnold v. Spears
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1953-04-13· cited 11×