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Expansion of Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress Tort

Filed under: Personal Injury Tags: , by Steven F. Fairlie @ January 4, 2012

In a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court Case, Toney v. Chester County Hospital, an evenly divided Court permitted a claim for emotional distress to remain even where the plaintiff suffered no physical impact. The Plaintiff, Toney, underwent an ultrasound and was advised that it showed a normal baby. To the contrary, the baby was born with severe […]

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