Bystander can’t recover for emotional distress 
Published: January 15, 2013
Tags: negligent inflection of emotional distress, product liability
A plaintiff who witnessed the death of her brother in a scuba diving accident could not recover emotional distress damages from the maker of allegedly defective scuba gear, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming judgment.
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