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ROSS v. CHEEMA

No. 49S04-9909-CV-500.

716 N.E.2d 435 (1999)

Joyce S. ROSS, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. Raminder CHEEMA and Pillow Express Delivery Service, Inc., Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gil I. Berry, Jr., Buck Berry Landau & Breunig, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorney for Appellant.

John C. Trimble, Dina M. Cox, Lewis & Wagner, Indianapolis, Indiana, James D. Johnson, Rudolf Fine Porter & Johnson LLP, Evansville, Indiana, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae.

Nicholas C. Pappas, Sandra Boyd Williams, Locke Reynolds Boyd & Weisell, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellees.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

While sitting in her living room, Plaintiff Joyce Ross was frightened by loud knocking at her door. We find that Ross did not sustain the requisite direct impact necessary to maintain an action in Indiana for negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Background

On December 6, 1995, Ross was sitting in a chair in her living room when someone rang the doorbell. Before Ross could answer the...

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