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BROOKS v. DECKER

512 Pa. 365 (1986)

516 A.2d 1380

Douglas BROOKS, Individually and as Guardian ad litem for Christopher D. Brooks, Appellants, v. Ann Widmann DECKER and Sue Carol Decker, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Amos Goodall, Jr., State College, for appellants.

James Michael Horne, State College, James J. McCabe, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents an issue identical to that recently addressed by this court in Mazzagatti v. Everingham, 512 Pa. 266, 516 A.2d 672 (1986), wherein we held that a plaintiff who does not experience a contemporaneous observance of tortious injury to a close relative does not state a cause of action for the...

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