Sowell v. Hyatt Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a zone of physical danger existed where the plaintiff saw a worm in a spoonful of food that she was about to eat, she had already eaten a significant amount of food from that serving, and she repeatedly vomited after seeing the worm
• stating negligent infliction of emotional distress requires “a general, statement about the requirements for recovery for emotional harm and resultant physical injury caused by a defendant’s negligence”
• seeing bug in companion’s food would not lead to verifiable emotional distress claim
• “Fear of contaminated food hitting one’s stomach is, like fear of being hit by a truck, a fear for one’s physical safety.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).