Torts/Personal Injury,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 15, 2023
The Mental Or Emotional Injury Case: An Outdated Misnomer
See more on The Mental Or Emotional Injury Case: An Outdated MisnomerBy David M. deRubertis The deRubertis Law Firm APC
David M. deRubertis
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The deRubertis Law Firm APC
Phone: (818) 761-2322
Email: David@deRubertisLaw.com
Our civil justice system has categorized injury cases as being either a physical injury or a mental injury. Often, implicit in this dichotomy is that the so-called emotional or mental injury is a second-class harm having less value than a so-called physical injury. This assumption is often wrong for many reasons. One reason is that mental injuries can be just as life-altering and destructive as physical injuries. But another reason, and the focus here, is that the dic...
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