Neff v. Lasso

KELLY, Judge:

The sole issue on appeal is whether a wife may recover against a tortfeasor for serious emotional distress caused by shock and fear for her husband who was fatally injured in an automobile accident, where the wife visually observed her husband’s vehicle being followed by defendant’s speeding vehicle, heard the impact between her husband’s pickup and defendant’s automobile and arrived on the scene immediately thereafter to find her husband lying unconscious. For the reasons which follow, we find that appellant has alleged sufficient facts to state a cause of action. Accord ingly,…