Tudela v. Pan American World Airways Inc.

DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents another claim arising from the crash of Pan American World Airways flight 759 in Kenner, Louisiana, on July 9, 1982. This case presents only one question of any note — whether Louisiana law permits a plaintiff to recover for mental trauma caused by exposure to the results of a defendant’s negligence, when the plaintiff has suffered no physical injury or property damage and was in no physical danger. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that it does not.

Arthur Tudela owned a home in the 1600 block of Hudson Street in Kenner, the block in which…