distress. The court granted the motion, and plaintiffs moved for leave to appeal, which the Appellate Division denied. On a motion for reconsideration, the trial court reaffirmed its earlier decision. Plaintiffs again moved for leave to appeal, which the Appellate Division granted. In a reported decision, 269 N.J.Super. 599, 636 A.2d 113 (1994), the court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the parents’ claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress. II Our Court has recognized a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress in cases in which a person who is the direct object of a tortfeasor’s negligence experiences severe emotional trauma as a result of the tortfeasor’s negligent act or omission. See, e.g., Giardina v. Bennett, 111 N.J. 412, 545 A.2d 139 (1988) (<HOLDING>); Strachan v. John F. Kennedy Memorial Hosp.,
recognizing claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress when medical malpractice during pregnancy resulted in stillborn child recognizing torts of intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress holding that a party claiming negligent infliction of emotional distress cannot recover for emotional disturbance alone holding that a tort claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress is distinct from a claim for emotional distress damages under the employment discrimination statute recognizing the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress