Daley v. LaCroix

384 Mich. 4 (1970)

179 N.W.2d 390

DALEY

v.

LaCROIX

Calendar No. 18, Docket No. 52,220.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 22, 1970.

Soma, Oster & Hoste (by Jacob M. Femminineo), for plaintiffs.

Arthur W. Mitchell, for defendant.

T.M. KAVANAGH, J.

This appeal presents as a threshold question an issue which conceptually, though not decisionally, equally divided our Court in Manie v. Matson Oldsmobile-Cadillac Company (1967), 378 Mich 650, viz., whether the "impact" rule in emotional distress has any continued vitality in the Michigan civil jurisprudence.

On July 16, 1963, about 10 p.m., defendant…