Wilder v. City of Keene

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, William J. Wilder and Diane M. Wilder, from an order of the Superior Court {Hollman, J.) dismissing their individual claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress for failure to state a cause of action. The plaintiffs’ claims arise from a fatal accident involving their eight-year-old son, Bryon. The plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s dismissal, arguing that they are entitled to pursue a cause of action for emotional and physical harm where they contemporaneously perceived their son’s injuries immediately following the accident and viewed him while…