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· 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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