RA v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B197766.

64 Cal.Rptr.3d 539 (2007)

154 Cal.App.4th 142

Michelle RA et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Presidio International Inc., Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Seven.

August 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Mickelson and Raymond Feldman, Los Angeles, for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Bragg & Kuluva, Steven H. Yuster, Murchison & Cumming LLP and Edmund G. Farrell III, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest.


PERLUSS, P.J.

In Thing v. La Chusa (1989) 48 Cal.3d 644, 667, 257 Cal.Rptr. 865, 771 P.2d 814 (Thing), the Supreme Court held only "closely related percipient witnesses" may seek damages for emotional distress caused by observing the negligently inflicted injury of a third person and specifically limited recovery to a plaintiff who "is present...

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