Bedgood v. Madalin

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

The primary issues in this appeal are whether a bystander parent can recover damages for mental anguish resulting when he heard the impact sound caused by an automobile striking his son and then observed his son’s injuries shortly before he died, and whether the various damage awards in this case are supported by the evidence.

This case arose out of an accident on September 14, 1974, wherein Robert Mada-lin, the eleven year old son of Herbert and Sally Madalin, was struck and killed by a car driven by James Hamilton Bedgood. At the time, Robert was playing with some…