California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Thing v. LaChusa, 208 Cal.App.3d 555, 231 Cal.Rptr. 439 (Cal. App. 1986):
Similarly, in Archibald v. Braverman (1969) 275 Cal.App.2d 253, 79 Cal.Rptr. 723, a boy was maimed by a gunpowder explosion and the court found the "contemporaneous" requirement satisfied because the mother was nearby and was at the scene immediately after the injury.
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