Vattimo v. Lower Bucks Hospital Inc.

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• parents of son who set fire to his hospital room could not recover for their emotional distress since they were not present at the hospital during the fire
• mother and father were denied recovery for emotional distress stemming from the failure of a hos pital to supervise their son who started a fire in his room, the court reasoning that the Sinn standard was not met since the parents were not at the scene nor did they witness it

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