California Court Affirms Ruling Vacating Parents’ Award For Distress Over Son’s Fall

(July 20, 2020, 8:23 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court on July 10 affirmed a lower court ruling that because the parents of a 4-year-old child who was injured when he fell out of an open hotel room window did not see him fall, they were not entitled to an award for negligent infliction of emotional distress in a suit against a hotel franchise’s housekeeping company (Linping Wang, et al. v. Sun Hospitality Inc., No. B300241, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 5, 2020 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 4354)....