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MAZZAGATTI v. EVERINGHAM BY EVERINGHAM

512 Pa. 266 (1986)

516 A.2d 672

Jane MAZZAGATTI and Amini Mazzagatti, a minor by Jane Mazzagatti, her parent and natural guardian and Peter Mazzagatti, Appellants, v. Ricky Allen EVERINGHAM, a minor by Ned EVERINGHAM, his parent and natural guardian and Rickie C. Everingham and Ned Everingham and Whitpain Township and Robert Harris and Edna Harris, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Weiss, Ambler, for appellants.

William H. Pugh, IV, Norristown, for Ricky Allen Everingham, a minor, et al.

M. Cathlene Driscoll, Marjorie Lawrence, Fred J. Silverman, Willow Grove, for Robert & Edna Harris.

Mark Schultz, Norristown, for Whitpan Tp.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

In the instant matter we are called upon to revisit Sinn v. Burd, 486 Pa. 146, 404 A.2d 672 (1979), and to review its parameters for pleading the negligent infliction of emotional distress. Specifically, appellants ask us to recognize a cause of action for the negligent infliction of emotional distress in instances...

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