California courts, long leaders in the development of tort law, recently have decided a series of cases in the area of negligent infliction of emotional distress. The California law governing recovery for negligently inflicted emotional distress, as expressed in Dillon v. Legg, Justus v. Atchison, and Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, however, has engendered great confusion in the legal community. This Article analyzes these California Supreme Court decisions and their effect on the decisions of the lower California courts. The Article then examines the policy questions underlying these decisions and suggests that the arbitrariness and complexity of California\u27s emotional distress law stem from the supreme court\u27s attempts to add...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
California courts, long leaders in the development of tort law, recently have decided a series of ca...
California courts, long leaders in the development of tort law, recently have decided a series of ca...
Elden v. Sheldon, a case recently decided by the California Supreme Court, may represent a new era f...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court recognized that the interest ...
In its 1968 decision of Dillon . Legg, the California Supreme Court rejected the majority rule and p...
Elden v. Sheldon, a case recently decided by the California Supreme Court, may represent a new era f...
On January 26, 2001, Diane Alexis Whipple was savagely attacked and mauled to death by two Presa Can...
In its 1968 decision of Dillon . Legg, the California Supreme Court rejected the majority rule and p...
Recovery for emotional trauma has progressed slowly in the century since Lord Wensleydale uttered th...
The California Court of Appeals has held that a cause of action may be maintained in strict liabilit...
The injury of emotional distress is an interesting tort, which has long perplexed the Anglo-American...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
California courts, long leaders in the development of tort law, recently have decided a series of ca...
California courts, long leaders in the development of tort law, recently have decided a series of ca...
Elden v. Sheldon, a case recently decided by the California Supreme Court, may represent a new era f...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court recognized that the interest ...
In its 1968 decision of Dillon . Legg, the California Supreme Court rejected the majority rule and p...
Elden v. Sheldon, a case recently decided by the California Supreme Court, may represent a new era f...
On January 26, 2001, Diane Alexis Whipple was savagely attacked and mauled to death by two Presa Can...
In its 1968 decision of Dillon . Legg, the California Supreme Court rejected the majority rule and p...
Recovery for emotional trauma has progressed slowly in the century since Lord Wensleydale uttered th...
The California Court of Appeals has held that a cause of action may be maintained in strict liabilit...
The injury of emotional distress is an interesting tort, which has long perplexed the Anglo-American...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff could r...