Ohio Court of Appeals December 4, 2000, Case No. 98 CA 181. (Audia v. Rossi Bros. Funeral Home, Inc.)

Vukovich, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Rossi Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. appeals the decision of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court which denied its motion for directed verdict and submitted plaintiffs-appellees Sam Beshara and Cynthia Beshara Audia’s claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress to the jury. For the following reasons, the judgment of the trial court must be reversed.