STRICKLAND v. HODGES

50330.

134 Ga. App. 909 (1975)

216 S.E.2d 706

STRICKLAND et al. v. HODGES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verlyn C. Baker, for appellants.

Dennis & Fain, Thomas S. Carlock, Mike Gorby, for appellee.


CLARK, Judge.

Is there an independent right of action available to parents who are not present at an incident in which serious injuries are inflicted upon their child by the wilful and wanton negligence of a defendant so as to allow recovery for emotional distress and mental suffering which results from the parents learning of such injuries and seeing the injured child following the incident?

That question of first impression confronts us in this appeal by...

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