Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Psychiatric Institute of Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 10, 1997No. 93-CV-627, 93-CV-694 and 93-CV-724PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Appellant, Andrea Morgan, appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment for appellees, the Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW) and Mr. C.E. English-El, on her claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress. The trial court determined that to successfully oppose the summary judgment motion, Morgan had to show either a direct physical injury or show that she was placed in a zone of physical danger where she feared for her own safety because of appel-lees’ negligence. Finding that neither condition had been met, the trial court granted summary judgment to…
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