Sometimes, we behave in ways that can be confusing even to ourselves Struggling to trust others, even in situations where trust is typically expected, can be a telltale sign of emotional damage. This ...

Emotional distress is the mental suffering accident and injury victims experience as an emotional response to a particular event. In tort law, two cases of action involve the infliction of emotional ...

A witness to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed a lawsuit against the city due to the alleged emotional damage caused by the disturbing ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled "medical malpractice claims" is broad enough to include a mother's emotional distress damages during an allegedly traumatic birth caused by health care ...

CHEYENNE — Damages can’t be recovered for emotional injuries suffered due to the loss of a pet, according to a Wyoming Supreme Court opinion issued Wednesday. Justices came to this conclusion in April ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Some of the line-drawing comes from a footnote in the legislative ...

A New York judge has ruled that dogs can be treated as members of someone's "immediate family" and a dog's family can sue for emotional damages if they witness the dog being harmed. In a ruling issued ...