Dave Snelling Lincoln-Mercury v. Simon

EVANS, Justice.

The principal question on this appeal is whether a mother may recover damages for personal injuries sustained as the result of having witnessed the death of her child in a suit against the party whose negligence caused such death.

Appellee, Mrs. Sandra Simon, mother of 18 month old Brewer Simon, was a passenger with her son, Brewer, in a Lincoln Continental automobile being driven by her neighbor, Mrs. Billie Waldo. Mrs. Simon was seated directly behind the driver, Mrs. Waldo, and also seated in the back seat with Mrs. Simon was her son, Brewer, and Mrs. Waldo’s 4 year old…