Can I Sue for Emotional Distress in Medical Malpractice? | Legal FAQ
A catastrophic injury from medical malpractice often brings not just physical pain but a profound emotional and psychological toll. In this FAQ video, Brian L. Salvi explains how emotional distress is considered in medical malpractice lawsuits and the compensation that may be available for these non-economic damages.
When a person faces severe limitations or disability, the impact on their mental well-being is a critical component of their legal claim. Learn how these factors are evaluated and why emotional distress is a standard part of damages in catastrophic injury cases.
Key Topics in This Video:
[00:06] Why emotional distress is typically included in malpractice damages.
[00:23] The link between catastrophic injury and psychological impact.
[00:44] How emotional distress is compensated as non-economic damages.
[00:52] Understanding the relationship between pain, disability, and mental health.
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Transcript
Brian Salvi:
In medical malpractice cases, emotional distress is almost always incorporated into the damages for a plaintiff because the nature of malpractice cases, typically and sadly, mean that we're talking about an individual who has been catastrophically injured. And as a result of any catastrophic injury that either disables you or put severe limitations on your life, there is going to be an emotional and psychological component to those damages. It's almost inconceivable to think of how somebody can be catastrophically damaged but not impacted emotionally and psychologically by those injuries and their limitations. And so as it relates to direct compensation for emotional distress, that typically comes in the form of noneconomic damages as incorporated by virtue of the limitations in pain and disability that the individual has.
