impact rule

impact rule
n. The rule that a plaintiff cannot claim damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress unless there has been some physical impact, such as an assault. Example: a parent of a child injured in an auto accident cannot recover for his/her own distress in seeing child physically injured, unless parent also sustained own physical injury.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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