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14 Pennsylvania opinions name it 6 courts 1992–2026 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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Doe v. Philadelphia Community Health Alternatives Aids Task Forcegreen2 sentences2022See Doe v. Philadelphia Cmty. Health Alternatives AIDS Task Force, 2000 PA Super 6 , 745 A.2d 25, 27 , aff'd, 564 Pa. 264 , 767 A.2d 548 (2001). 2022See Doe v. Philadelphia Cmty. Health Alternatives AIDS Task Force, 2000 PA Super 6 , 745 A.2d 25, 27 , aff'd, 564 Pa. 264 , 767 A.2d 548 (2001). | 2 | 2 |
Doe v. Philadelphia Community Health Alternatives Aids Task Forcegreen2 sentences2022See Doe v. Philadelphia Cmty. Health Alternatives AIDS Task Force, 2000 PA Super 6 , 745 A.2d 25, 27 , aff'd, 564 Pa. 264 , 767 A.2d 548 (2001). 2022See Doe v. Philadelphia Cmty. Health Alternatives AIDS Task Force, 2000 PA Super 6 , 745 A.2d 25 , 27, aff'd, 564 Pa. 264 , 767 A.2d 548 (2001). | 2 | 2 |
Doe v. Philadelphia Community Health Alternatives AIDS Task Forcegreen2 sentences2022See Doe v. Philadelphia Cmty. Health Alternatives AIDS Task Force, 2000 PA Super 6 , 745 A.2d 25, 27 , aff'd, 564 Pa. 264 , 767 A.2d 548 (2001). 2022See Doe v. Philadelphia Cmty. Health Alternatives AIDS Task Force, 2000 PA Super 6 , 745 A.2d 25 , 27, aff'd, 564 Pa. 264 , 767 A.2d 548 (2001). | 2 | 2 |
Salerno v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.green2 sentences2002See Salerno v. Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., 377 Pa. Super. 83 , 546 A.2d 1168 (1988) (the parameters for pleading a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress are set forth under the bystander rule). 2002See Salerno v. Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., 377 Pa. Super. 83 , 546 A.2d 1168 (1988) (the parameters for pleading a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress are set forth under the bystander rule). | 2 | 2 |
Sinn v. Burdgreen2 sentences2012Sinn v. Burd, 486 Pa. 146, 170-171 , 404 A.2d 672, 685 (1979). 2012Sinn v. Burd, 486 Pa. 146, 170-171 , 404 A.2d 672, 685 (1979). | 1 | 3 |
Knaub v. Gotwaltgreen2 sentences2011Justice Musmanno referenced a prior case in which the majority of the Court denied a woman recovery for NIED when she was charged by a bull and suffered a heart condition as a result of the fright, despite any physical impact from the bull; Justice Musmanno opined: Knaub v. Gotwalt, 422 Pa. 267 , 220 A.2d 646, 649 (1966) (Musmanno, J., dissenting). 2011Justice Musmanno referenced a prior case in which the majority of the Court denied a woman recovery for NIED when she was charged by a bull and suffered a heart condition as a result of the fright, despite any physical impact from the bull; Justice Musmanno opined: Knaub v. Gotwalt, 422 Pa. 267 , 220 A.2d 646, 649 (1966) (Musmanno, J., dissenting). | 1 | 2 |
Phillips v. Cricket Lightersgreen2 sentences2011See also Phillips, 576 Pa. at 656 , 841 A.2d at 1007 (lead opinion) (“[W]e can, and do, reaffirm that in this jurisdiction, negligence concepts have no place in strict liability law. 2011See also Phillips, 576 Pa. at 656 , 841 A.2d at 1007 (lead opinion) (“[W]e can, and do, reaffirm that in this jurisdiction, negligence concepts have no place in strict liability law. | 1 | 1 |
Shumosky v. Lutheran Welfare Services of Northeastern PA, Inc.green2 sentences2002However, in 1996 in Brown v. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 449 Pa. Super. 667 , 674 A.2d 1130 (1996), and again in 2001, in Shumosky v. Lutheran Welfare Services of Northeastern Pa., 784 A.2d 196 (Pa. Super. 2001), our Superior Court stated that the physical impact, zone of danger and bystander rules each remain valid and define the circumstances under which recovery will be permitted for negligent infliction of emotional distress. 2002See Shumosky v. Lutheran Welfare Services of Northeastern Pennsylvania Inc., 784 A.2d 196 (Pa. Super. 2001). | 1 | 1 |
Armstrong v. Paoli Memorial Hospitalgreen2 sentences2000Armstrong v. Paoli Memorial Hospital, 430 Pa. Super. 36, 45 , 633 A.2d 605, 609 (1993). 2000Armstrong v. Paoli Memorial Hospital, 430 Pa. Super. 36, 45 , 633 A.2d 605, 609 (1993). | 1 | 1 |
Kazatsky v. King David Memorial Park, Inc.green2 sentences1997Brown v. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, swpra at 673, 674 A.2d at 1133 (quoting Kazatsky v. King David Memorial Park, Inc., 515 Pa. 183, 194 , 527 A.2d 988, 993 (1987)). 1997Brown v. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, swpra at 673, 674 A.2d at 1133 (quoting Kazatsky v. King David Memorial Park, Inc., 515 Pa. 183, 194 , 527 A.2d 988, 993 (1987)). | 1 | 1 |
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| Case | Cited | Years |
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Brown v. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
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2 sentences2002However, in 1996 in Brown v. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 449 Pa. Super. 667 , 674 A.2d 1130 (1996), and again in 2001, in Shumosky v. Lutheran Welfare Services of Northeastern Pa., 784 A.2d 196 (Pa. Super. 2001), our Superior Court stated that the physical impact, zone of danger and bystander rules each remain valid and define the circumstances under which recovery will be permitted for negligent infliction of emotional distress. 2002However, in 1996 in Brown v. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 449 Pa. Super. 667 , 674 A.2d 1130 (1996), and again in 2001, in Shumosky v. Lutheran Welfare Services of Northeastern Pa., 784 A.2d 196 (Pa. Super. 2001), our Superior Court stated that the physical impact, zone of danger and bystander rules each remain valid and define the circumstances under which recovery will be permitted for negligent infliction of emotional distress. | 2 | 1997–2002 |
Jordan, E. v. PSU
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1 sentence2026Id. at 774 . | 1 | 2026–2026 |
Haumersen v. Ford Motor Co.
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1 sentence2011This conclusion was predicated on two of the court's earlier decisions: Barnhill v. Davis, 300 N.W.2d 104 (Iowa 1981), which adopted the Dillon formulation of the bystander rule; and Haumersen v. Ford Motor Co., 257 N.W.2d 7 (Iowa 1977), a case that extended the doctrine of strict products liability to include bystanders. . | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Shepard v. Superior Court
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1 sentence2011The court acknowledged the integral role foreseeability plays in the bystander rule, even in the products liability context, reasoning that “[t]he injuries complained of are as much a foreseeable consequence of a defect in design and manufacture as of the negligence of the driver[.]” Id. 27 Deviating from the impact rule for strict products liability actions in Pennsylvania, however, plainly would violate this Court’s admonition that foreseeability has no place in Pennsylvania’s strict liability law. | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Barnhill v. Davis
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1 sentence2011This conclusion was predicated on two of the court's earlier decisions: Barnhill v. Davis, 300 N.W.2d 104 (Iowa 1981), which adopted the Dillon formulation of the bystander rule; and Haumersen v. Ford Motor Co., 257 N.W.2d 7 (Iowa 1977), a case that extended the doctrine of strict products liability to include bystanders. . | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Nelson E. Outten, Jr. v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation A/K/A Amtrak
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1 sentence1992The bystander rule incorporates a foreseeability analysis which involves three factors: “(1) whether the plaintiff was located near the scene of the accident; “(2) whether the shock resulted from a direct emotional impact upon the plaintiff from the sensory and contemporaneous observation of the accident; and “(3) whether the plaintiff and the victim were closely related.” Outten, 928 F.2d at 78 . . | 1 | 1992–1992 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.