New York Court of Appeals

Philomena Tobin, as Natural Parent and Guardian of Gregory Tobin, an Infant v. Stuart Grossman

April 24, 196924 N.Y.2d 609

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division's denial of recovery to a mother who suffered emotional distress upon learning of her infant's injury, holding that no duty of care exists for such bystander claims.