John L. Wilson and Roberta L. Wilson, Husband and Wife v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., a New York Corporation

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The firing of a shotgun into the crowd at a supper club where John and Roberta Wilson were dining gives rise to this diversity action. Although they were not struck by the blasts, the Wilsons saw one member of their party killed and another suffer serious injury. Alleging that this incident caused them to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder, they sued Sears, Roebuck and Co., claiming that it was negligent in selling the gun to the mental patient who fired it in the Club. The district court 1 set aside the verdicts awarding the Wilsons $85,000 and entered…