Fineran v. Pickett

CARTER, Justice.

The plaintiffs, who are the parents and sisters of Lori Fineran Hagerty, appeal from denial of their emotional distress claims against defendant, Eddie Glenn Pickett. Lori Fineran Hagerty was killed when the bicycle she was riding was struck by a car driven by defendant.' Her parents and two sisters sought damages including emotional distress from having witnessed the immediate aftermath of the collision. The district court denied the plaintiffs’ emotional distress claims on the ground that plaintiffs had not experienced a “sensory and contemporaneous observance of the…