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ROBB v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

210 A.2d 709 (1965)

Dixie B. ROBB, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

May 28, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Wiggin, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellant.

Thomas G. Hughes, of Berl, Potter & Anderson, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.

HERRMANN, Justice:

The question before us for decision is this: May the plaintiff recover for the physical consequences of fright caused by the negligence of the defendant, the plaintiff being within the immediate zone of physical danger created by such negligence, although there was no contemporaneous bodily impact?

Considering the record in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the facts may be thus summarized:

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