Smith v. Smith

646 N.W.2d 412 (2002)

Shirley Ann SMITH, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of Levi Raymond Smith, a Minor, Appellant,

v.

Raymond Francis SMITH, Appellee.

No. 00-1799.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 12, 2002.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 2002.

James C. Larew of Larew Law Office, Iowa City, for appellant.

J. Michael Weston and Brenda K. Wallrichs of Moyer & Bergman, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

LARSON, Justice.

Shirley Smith, on behalf of her minor son, Levi Smith, sued the child's father, defendant Raymond Smith, for negligent infliction of emotional distress when Levi witnessed the events…