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AMADER v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

Civ. A. No. 79-4546.

514 F.Supp. 1031 (1981)

Thomas A. AMADER, Jr. and Dorothy D. Amader v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP. et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blank, Rome, Comisky, Mitchell Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

James A. Young, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

An individual who claims damages for infliction of emotional distress arising from observation of injuries to another person need not be physically present within the "zone of danger" to prevail. Sinn v. Burd, 486 Pa. 146, 404 A.2d 672 (1979). Instead, recovery depends upon the foreseeability of the harm, which must be analyzed in terms of the physical...

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