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Perspective

Jul. 31, 2010

Mediating Pain and Suffering Is All About Balance

How is emotional distress assigned a dollar value in employment and personal injury cases? By Milan Slama.

By Milan Slama

For a while it always intrigued me how when mediating employment and personal injury cases, attorneys and their clients attach monetary value to their emotional distress.

When a plaintiff sustains an injury due to an automobile accident or gets injured as a consequence of 'fall and slip,' or claims infliction of emotional distress by his or her employer, the issue of damages and adequate compensation is a key concern....

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