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Psychological Injuries Without Physical Injuries

Psychological Injuries Without Physical Injuries

Psychological Injuries Without Physical Injuries

I’m Ed Smith, a Sacramento car accident lawyer. The harm that follows from a personal injury accident is not always physical in nature. Psychological injuries can be just as devastating to an injury victim as physical injuries, yet the two are often not treated the same in a personal injury lawsuit. Judges and juries have no trouble awarding compensation for injury victims with only physical injuries: broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, and disfigurement, for example (so long, of course, that the injury victim meets his or her burden in proving the elements of a personal injury lawsuit). Where physical injuries exist, most judges and juries are inclined to believe that the victim suffered some measure of psychological harm. Judges and juries will award “pain and suffering,” believing that even a simple fracture or bump on the head is likely to result in some mental pain.

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