Sinn v. Burd

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

At issue in this appeal is the vexing and complex question of when a plaintiff should be allowed to recover damages for negligently caused mental trauma.1 The specific question presented for our review is whether the trial court properly sustained appellee’s demurrer to the fourth count of appellant’s complaint in which she sought to recover damages for physical and mental injuries incurred when she saw her minor daughter struck and killed by an automobile, although the plaintiff herself was not within any zone of personal physical danger and had no reason to fear for her…