Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised)

Resource 5 . 1 . 2 . 4

7 minutes

Ver Hagen v. Gibbons ("The Standalone Emotional Distress Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

Must a negligent infliction of emotional injury manifest in physical symptoms to be compensable? Recall that Robb v. Pennsylvania RR did not decide that question, but focused on whether emotional distress that manifested in physical symptoms could be the basis of recovery when the plaintiff suffered no physical contact.

Wisconsin Supreme Court

47 Wis. 2d 220, 177 N.W.2d 83

No. 241

1970-06-02

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