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Amended Opinion: Ko v. Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.

Lower Court

Los Angeles County Superior Court

Lower Court Judge

Robert B. Broadbelt III

Parents' virtual presence during their son's abuse through real-time audiovisual connection satisfied requirement in 'Thing v. La Chusa' of contemporaneous presence for bystander negligent infliction of emotional distress liability.





Court

California Courts of Appeal 2DCA/7

Cite as

2021 DJDAR 589

Published

Jan. 19, 2021

Filing Date

Jan. 14, 2021

Opinion Type

Modification

Disposition Type

Reversed and Remanded


DYANA KO et al.,

Plaintiffs and Appellants,

v.

MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC., et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

 

No. B293672

(Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC665656)

California Courts of Appeal

Second Appellate District

Division Seven

Filed January 14, 2021

 

ORDER MODIFYING OPINION

 

NO CHANGE IN APPELLATE JUDGMENT

 

THE COURT:*

The above-entitled opinion filed on December 23, 2020 is modified as follows:

On page 23, in footnote 12, delete the last sentence containing the quote from the Restatement and replace it with the following:

 

As the 2012 Restatement Third of Torts observed, "Beyond the question of what aspects of an accident must be perceived, [the Restatement] leaves for future development whether the events must be perceived while the plaintiff is physically present or whether contemporaneous transmission by some medium is sufficiently equivalent to physical presence. Continuing developments in communication technology will no doubt affect the determination." (Rest.3d Torts (2012) § 48, comment e.)

 

There is no change in the appellate judgment.

 

 

* PERLUSS, P. J.

FEUER, J.

RICHARDSON, J.**

 

 

 

** Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.

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