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Father who didn't see son's accident can sue for emotional distress.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-APR-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Hearing about a child's accident can be almost as upsetting as actually seeing it. Most parents would probably agree with that notion, and so does the Montana Supreme Court, which recently ruled that a father was entitled to compensation for emotional distress even though he didn't witness his son being hit by a car. (Wages v. First Nat'l Ins. Co., 79 P.3d 1095 (Mont. 2003).)

In January 2000, seven-year-old Skyler Wages was rollerblading in front of his parents' home when a truck hit him. Skyler's mother pulled the boy from under the truck, called an ambulance, and then phoned her husband, Gerald, who was at work. Their son's...

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