Knaub v. Gotwalt

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas which sustained defendant’s preliminary objections to plaintiffs’ complaint in trespass which claimed damages for mental shock and anguish.

*270Plaintiffs in this trespass action were the mother, father, and sister of a young boy who was struck and killed by defendant’s automobile. Decedent and his sister were crossing a highway when defendant struck and killed him, hurling his body some 60 feet. The sister was untouched, although she was standing only three feet from her brother when he was killed. The…