Little v. Williamson

SHIELDS, Judge.

Appellant, Chris Little (Little), appeals the trial court’s grant of defendants Roland and Mildred Williamsons’ (Williamsons) motion for summary judgment. 1 Little claims the summary judgment was error as a matter of law because negligent infliction of emotional harm absent contemporaneous physical injury is compensable in certain circumstances under Indiana law.

We affirm.

The record shows Little, his older sister, and their puppy were walking along a road in their neighborhood when they were confronted by a Great Dane owned by the Williamsons. The girl grabbed the puppy in her…