Conder v. Wood

OPINION

DARDEN, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendants Carl W. Conder and Moore-Langen Printing Company, Inc. (collectively “Moore-Langen”) bring this interlocutory appeal to challenge the trial court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment. The sole issue for our review is whether Wood is precluded from recovering for her emotional injuries under the modified impact rule announced in Shuamber v. Henderson, 579 N.E.2d 452 (Ind.1991).

We reverse.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

On September 1, 1993, Priscilla Wood and Patricia Brittain, Wood’s friend and co-worker, were walking in downtown…