The Kranis plaintiffs had no viable cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress arising out of the negligent destruction of their property where there is no claim that plaintiffs themselves were in any physical danger ( see Curbean v. Kibel, 12 AD3d 206; Golden v. Manhasset Condominium, 2 AD3d 345, 346; Probst v. Cacoulidis, 295 AD2d 331, 332). The claimed exacerbation of plaintiffs' preexisting medical conditions, caused by displacement from their home for nine months, is a consequential — not a direct — result of any negligence, and is therefore not compensable ( see Kennedy v. McKesson Co., 58 NY2d 500, 506; Probst, 295 AD2d at 332).