Gibbs v. Herman

McEWEN, President Judge:

This appeal has been taken by Rita Gibbs, as administratrix of the estate of Stephen Gibbs, and by Rita and Alvin Gibbs in their own right as the parents of Stephen Gibbs, from the judgment entered in favor of the appellees on April 28, 1997, 1 in response to the praecipe filed by counsel for appellee, George Simpson, M.D. This medical malpractice wrongful death and survival action was instituted by appellants who sought damages, including compensation for negligent infliction of emotional distress, resulting from the death, by suicide, of their 30-year-old son, who…