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impact rule - Legal Definition

n

The rule that a plaintiff cannot claim damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress unless there has been some physical impact, such as an assault.  Example:  a parent of a child injured in an auto accident cannot recover for his/her own distress in seeing child physically injured, unless parent also sustained own physical injury. 
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