McLoughlin v. O'Brian [1983] 1 AC 410

A mother received news that her family had been involved in a car accident. On hearing the news she rushed to the hospital to find her injured family and be told that her son had been killed. The mother suffered severe shock, depression and personality change. The defendant admitted negligence. The issue was whether the mother could succeed in her claim because she had not been present at the accident or it aftermath. Held, she could succeed at it was reasonably foreseeable.

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