Dornfeld v. Oberg

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Respondent Barbara Dornfeld (Dornfeld) brought this action against appellants Scott Oberg and American Family Insurance Company, Dornfeld’s underinsured motorist carrier, alleging intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress resulting from an automobile accident in which her husband was killed. Oberg and American Family answered Dornfeld’s complaint separately.

The matter was tried to a jury. In its verdict, the jury found that Oberg’s conduct was reckless and outrageous, that Barbara Dornfeld reasonably feared for her own safety at the time of the accident,…