Legal Opinion
Lisa Coward v. Gagne & Sons Concrete Blocks, Inc.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 17, 2020PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:
2020 ME 112
Docket: Ken-19-406 Argued: June 24, 2020 Decided: September 17, 2020 Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, HORTON, and CONNORS JJ. LISA COWARD et al. v. GAGNE & SON CONCRETE BLOCKS, INC., et al. HUMPHREY, J. [¶1] In Culbert v. Sampson’s Supermarkets, Inc.,
444 A.2d 433, 436-38
(Me. 1982), we adopted a three-factor test to be applied in bystander, or indirect, claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) to determine whether a bystander’s serious emotional distress was reasonably foreseeable and, thus, whether…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Corso v. MerrillSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
- Clohessy v. BachelorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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3Cited by2 opinions
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