Emotional Distress
Sometimes a situation is so emotionally stressful that you can have physical symptoms. Some
jurisdictions do not even require that you have a physical injury, as long as you suffered severe
emotional distress from someone else’s outrageous conduct.
This type of personal injury can arise when you witness something terrible happen to a loved
one as a result of another person’s negligence or intentional misconduct. A personal injury attorney
can advise you as to the law in your jurisdiction regarding this type of personal injury, which
is treated very differently across the United States.