Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 329: Listen and Learn -- Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress (Torts)
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When you’ve been hurt in a motor vehicle accident or other incident caused by someone else’s irresponsible actions, you often have the option to file a personal injury lawsuit to require the person who caused your injuries to...more
You’ve probably heard the term “emotional distress” connected with lawsuits in personal injury cases. It is one of the factors that injury victims often receive compensation for. ...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“BBB”) made permanent several temporary provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”), while also introducing changes to numerous items related to individual income tax. Several...more
A car accident can shake you to the core. While your body may heal, the mental impact can linger long after the crash. If you’re still feeling anxious or can’t get rid of those flashbacks, you might be dealing with...more
The California Supreme Court’s decision this week in Downey v. City of Riverside, et al. ruled that such a claim did exist, expanding the contemporaneous zone of awareness for a Plaintiff to successfully recover for negligent...more
Scott Seaman, Co-Chair of Hinshaw’s global Insurance Services Practice Group, is joined by Hilary Harmsworth and Sam Vardy of Howden Insurance Brokers to introduce a new fifty-state survey on U.S. bad faith law and to briefly...more
Reaffirming Delaware’s position on medical monitoring claims apart from its neighboring states, the Delaware Supreme Court answered a question certified to it by the Third Circuit ruling that there must be a manifestation of...more
On October 18, 2022, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted allowance of appeal in Kramer v. Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Co. regarding the issue of whether the Superior Court erred by finding that “emotional...more
Applying Maine law, the United States District Court for the District of Maine has held that a legal professional liability insurer had a duty to defend an insured attorney against a suit alleging sexual assault of a client,...more
In Florida, the injuries suffered from a car, truck, or boating accident may include physical and psychological injuries. However, it may be difficult to recover money damages for psychological injuries in Florida because,...more
In the 2020 session, the New York Legislature considered changes in what has come to be known as the “Grieving Families Act.” This evolving tort law with respect to a bystander's right to recover for emotional damages...more
A person’s response to the distressing and disturbing nature of a crash can result in feeling a loss of control, helplessness, pain, confusion, loss of sense of self and self-worth, and an inability to cope. Injuries may...more
After an auto accident, most people are preoccupied with what they perceive as “the important stuff:” financial setbacks across what is often a wide variety of financial accounts, healing from physical injuries, and even...more
Claimants sued Waiting Room Solutions alleging various causes of action arising out of an employee placing a video camera in its women’s restroom and Waiting Room’s handling of the employee’s actions. Waiting Room’s liability...more
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Head-on collisions are among the most dangerous of all car accidents. With the extreme forces involved, when one driver leaves another helpless to avoid a head-on collision, the consequences will often include permanent...more
In Doe v. Etihad Airways, P.J.S.C., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit radically altered the scope of an air carrier’s liability under the Montreal Convention, the international treaty controlling an air...more
A United States Court of Appeals radically altered the scope of an air carrier’s liability under the Montreal Convention, the international treaty controlling an air carrier’s liability for damages to persons or property...more
In Doe v. Etihad Airways, No. 16-1042 (6th Cir. Aug. 30, 2017), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit radically altered the scope of an air carrier’s liability under the Montreal Convention, the...more
Defendant-appellee Etihad Airways recently petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of Doe v. Etihad Airways, P.J.S.C., a decision by a panel of that court that...more