Woman who saw husband fatally crushed can't sue for distress
(AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court says a woman who found her 77-year-old husband crushed to death under an all-terrain vehicle when she brought him lunch at work cannot sue his employer for emotional distress.
The high court upheld a lower court ruling that Connecticut's workers compensation law bars Velecela from suing for negligent infliction of bystander emotional distress because she received $300,000 in workers' compensation benefits for her husband's death.