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WALKER v. CLARK EQUIPMENT CO.

No. 67218.

320 N.W.2d 561 (1982)

Richard WALKER, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Carl C. Walker; Richard Walker, Sr., Individually; Norma Walker; and Karen Jo Ann Walker, Plaintiffs, v. CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross H. Sidney and Patrick J. McNulty of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for defendant.

Paul R. Huscher, Des Moines, for plaintiffs.

Considered en banc.

HARRIS, Justice.

In Barnhill v. Davis, 300 N.W.2d 104 (Iowa 1981), we for the first time recognized a cause of action for emotional distress caused by witnessing peril to a victim proximately caused by the negligence of another. The questions certified here are as follows:

(1) May a bystander, whose allegations satisfy the five elements set forth in Barnhill v. Davis, 300 N.W.2d at 108, maintain a claim of...

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