What must the plaintiff show to recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress in Missouri?
(Ford v. Aldi) [17] It is no longer necessary in Missouri that a plaintiff claiming negligent infliction of emotional distress prove a contemporaneous traumatic physical injury. Bass v. Nooney Co., 646 S.W.2d 765 (Mo. banc 1983). A plaintiff will be awarded damages for emotional distress if he or she can show: (1) that the defendant should have known that his conduct involved an unreasonable risk of causing emotional distress, and (2) that the emotional distress is “medically diagnosable” and is severe enough to be “medically significant.” 3. Putting it all together – Write a jury instruction based on instructions used in the Missouri cases we studied for each of the following situations. Note – As we discussed in class and was stressed in the cases, jury instructions have a very specific form. They are not the same as listing the elements of a tort. a. An instruction against ACME for products liability for manufacturing an electric drill with defective insulation that electrocutes pla
