STEWART v. GILLIAM

No. 71-785.

271 So.2d 466 (1972)

J. Parks STEWART, Individually and As Administrator of the Estate of Jane R. Stewart, Deceased, Appellants, v. Freddie LaVerne GILLIAM and Robert Leo Bradley, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1973.

Question Certified January 22, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Ford Duane, of Robertson & Williams, Orlando, for appellants.

R. James Stroker and Fred M. Peed, of Gurney, Gurney & Handley, Orlando, for appellee Freddie Laverne Gilliam.

Monroe E. McDonald and John Singer McEwan, II, of Sanders, McEwan, Mims & McDonald, Orlando, for appellee Robert Leo Bradley.


MAGER, Judge.

This appeal from a final summary judgment in favor of the defendants presents this court with the proposition of whether a plaintiff may maintain a cause of action and recover for the physical consequences of a mental or an emotional disturbance caused by a negligent act in absence of physical impact.

Plaintiffs Jane R. Stewart and J. Parks Stewart, her husband, originally initiated their complaint against the defendants, Gilliam and Bradley...

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