Court Opinion

ID: 9542486
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:34:58.419676+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:08:07.937089
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*562WERDEGAR, J., Concurring and Dissenting.
I concur in the majority opinion insofar as it holds that a plaintiff may not recover damages for emotional distress based on a defendant’s negligent breach of a contract to build a house when the defendant has breached no duty independent of the contract. Although I read the record differently as to whether these plaintiffs did, in fact, present an independent claim for negligence, in view of the majority’s conclusion that plaintiffs did not present such a claim (see maj. opn., ante, at pp. 548, 554), the discussion in part C of the majority opinion (id., at pp. 554-558) is unnecessary. I therefore express no opinion on the circumstances under which a tort plaintiff may recover damages for emotional distress.
Mosk, J., concurred.