Tackett v. Encke

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• denying recovery where plaintiff mother observed her son’s ongoing medical issues due to alleged negligence over time but did not witness a “discrete and identifiable traumatic event.”
• mother who claimed that she was injured emotionally as a result of witnessing, over time, her son’s reaction to a negligently undetected pulmonary fat embolism did not witness the negligent treatment, and thus, mother could not recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress.
• mother who claimed that she was injured emotionally as a result of witnessing, over time, her son's reaction to a negligently undetected pulmonary fat embolism did not witness the negligent treatment, and thus, mother could not recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress.
• recovery denied to a mother who sued for emotional distress following her witnessing of her son’s reaction, over the period of a month, to a negligently undetected pulmonary fat embolism following a motorcycle accident; she failed to allege a discrete and identifiable traumatic event

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  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-10· cited 70×
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• Rideout v. Hershey Medical Center
  Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas· 1995-12-29
• Ward v. Moses Taylor Hospital
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-04-23
• Thomas v. Banogon
  Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas· 1990-10-31
• McShane v. Shashikumar
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 1988-01-21
• Flurer v. Pocono Medical Center
  Monroe County Court of Common Pleas· 1992-08-07