Whitsel v. Watts

Citations

• 98 Kan. 508
• 159 P. 401
• 1916 Kan. LEXIS 116

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Damages — Fright—Mental Anguish — Bodily Injuries. In general there can be no recovery for fright or mental anguish unless it results in or is accompanied by bodily injury.</p> <p>2. Same — Extreme Fright — Willful Negligence — Bodily Injuries — Proximate Cause. Á recovery may be had for bodily injuries which are the natural and proximate result of extreme fright caused by negligence, and especially where the fright is caused by willful wrong or an act so grossly negligent as to show utter indifference to consequences.</p>