2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 13. Common Carriers
§13-176. Damages for mental anguish.
All telegraph companies doing business in this state for hire shall be liable for damages to any person injured thereby for mental anguish or suffering, even in the absence of bodily injury, or pecuniary loss, for negligence in receiving, transmitting or delivering messages; and in all actions of this kind, the jury, or court may award such damages as they conclude resulted from the negligence of such telegraph company.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 269, p. 490, § 1.
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