Monteleone v. Co-Operative Transit Co.

Kenna, Judge:

This writ of error was granted to a judgment for $5,000 in favor of Theresa Monteleone against Co-Operative Transit Company by the Circuit Court of Ohio County in an action of trespass on the case brought to recover damages for a personal injury allegedly suffered by the plaintiff on the evening of September 23, 1942. As we view the assignments of error the controlling question is of first impression in this jurisdiction and is whether there can be a recovery for post traumatic psychoneurosis caused by nervous shock not caused by impact due to' the failure of the defendant to…