Posts tagged emotional distress

• What Are Emotional Distress Damages? – Part 1

  Pete Mackey | June 26, 2008 7:40 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A friend of mine recently told me that he had read about a jury awarding emotional distress damages in favor of a husband and wife whose home was improperly wired by an electrical...

• Under what circumstances may someone recover money damages for emotional distress?

  Michael Roberts | June 24, 2009 3:09 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The law varies depending on the jurisdiction, but many states permit such recovery. In Alabama, for example, damages for mental distress that accompanies a physical injury may be awarded by a...