“This article examines the history of negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) and mental anguish jurisprudence. The courts have historically been reluctant to allow for recovery of emotional injury in the absence of physical injury. To this day, tort law continues to distinguish sharply between physical harm and emotional harm, with emotional harm being the marginalized sibling. Yet advances in science and medicine no longer support such a distinction …” (more)
[Joseph Grillo, MD Medical Legal Consulting, 23 April]
First posted 2020-04-24 06:20:26
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