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CORSO v. MERRILL

No. 78-271.

119 N.H. 647 (1979)

VINCENT CORSO, LOLITA CORSO, & a. v. STEPHEN E. MERRILL, ADMINISTRATOR, ESTATE OF STRELLA HILTON

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Connor, of Manchester, and George C. Eliades, Jr., of Massachusetts (Mr. Connor orally), for the plaintiffs.

Sulloway, Hollis, Godfrey & Soden, of Concord (Ronald C. Anderson orally), for the defendant.

LAMPRON, C.J.

This interlocutory appeal requires us to examine the question whether parents who perceive through their senses the fact that their child has been seriously injured and immediately observe the child at the accident scene can recover for emotional distress. We have previously denied recovery to parental bystanders. Jelley v. LaFlame, 108 N.H. 471, 238 A.2d 728 (1968). Nevertheless, recent judicial opinions and legal...

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