Legal Opinion
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Roberts
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided February 13, 1925PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Dietzman
Affirming.
This case involves the application of the principles governing those cases of injuries that result from fright accompanied and unaccompanied by physical impact.
*312The origin of the doctrine denying recovery for physical injuries due to fright without impact occurred almost simultaneously in England and America. Victorian Railways Commissioners v. Coultas, 13 A. C. 222 (1888); Lehman v. Brooklyn City R. R. Co., 47 Hun. (N. Y. 1888) 355. These cases seem to have been rested in the main upon the proposition that no precedents were found to sustain such…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mitchell v. . Rochester Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Spade v. Lynn & Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Purcell v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Watson v. DiltsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Lindley v. KnowltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Wood v. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Division of American Home ProductsKentucky Supreme Court · 2002
- Kentucky Traction & Terminal Co. v. Roman's GuardianCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Morgan v. Hightower's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
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