KING v. HIGGINS

No. 686.

158 S.E.2d 67 (1967)

272 N.C. 267

Virginia R. KING, Plaintiff, v. John J. HIGGINS and T & A Trucking Company, a corporation, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hines & Dettor, Greensboro, for plaintiff appellant.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, Greensboro, for defendants appellees.


PER CURIAM.

"It is almost the universal opinion that recovery may be had for mental or emotional disturbance in ordinary negligence cases where, coincident in time and place with the occurrence producing the mental stress, some actual physical impact or genuine physical injury also resulted directly from defendant's negligence." Williamson v. Bennett, 251 N.C. 498, 112 S.E.2d 48. See also King v....

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