Is there a bar to a plaintiff’s claim in the absence of a traumatic event?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McPhee v. Canadian Union of Public Employees, 2007 NSSC 94 (CanLII):
While the categories and circumstances of negligence generally are unlimited, I could not find any endorsement of Lambert, J.A.'s approach in Beecham v. Hughes. I am not prepared to expand the application of this tort beyond the limited circumstances in which it has been found to exist until now; therefore, I agree that the absence of a traumatic event is a bar to the plaintiffs’ claim.
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