· 11/16/1961
ZELINSKY Et Ux. v. Chimics
Citations
- 196 Pa. Super. 312
- 175 A.2d 351
- 1961 Pa. Super. LEXIS 480
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- allowing recovery for neurosis induced by \jostling\ in 30 mile per hour automobile accident
- allowing recovery for neurosis induced by “jostling” in 30 mile per hour automobile accident
- “[T]he purpose of the rule requiring physical injury or physical impact is to prevent ‘illusory or imaginative or faked claim[s].’ ”
- \[T]he purpose of the rule requiring physical injury or physical impact is to prevent 'illusory or imaginative or faked claim[s].'\
- “[W]here it is definitely established that [mental or emotional] injury and suffering were proximately caused by an act of negligence, and any degree of physical impact, however slight, can be shown . . . recovery for such injuries and suffering is a matter for the jury’s determination.”
- jostling of occupants in low-speed car collision
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Judges: Ervin, Wright, Woodside, Watkins, Montgomery, Flood, McCready
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