4935 Plaintiff pet owner cannot recover for death of pet in veterinarian's care under claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress because plaintiff was not a "bystander" who was present at the time of the death; court did not reach the issue of whether, if plaintiff had been present, she would have satisfied the condition of being closely related to the victim; nor could plaintiff recover on basis of intentional infliction of emotional distress as veterinarian's actions were not sufficient "extreme and outrageous."CitationMCMAHON v CRAIG (Negligent Veterinarian) 176 CA4 222 [See Dillon v Legg 68 C2 728; Molien v Kaiser Foundation 27 C3 916; Thing v La Chusa 48 C3 644; Borer v American Airlines 19 C3 441]
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