Abstract
I. Pain and Suffering … A. Past Pain and Suffering … B. Future Pain and Suffering … C. Mental Suffering … 1. Caused by Physical Contact or Injury to Plaintiff … 2. Causes Later Physical Injury to Plaintiff … 3. Results from Non-malicious Act against Plaintiff … 4. Results from Malicious Act against Plaintiff … 5. Caused Plaintiff by Death of a Love One … 6. Caused Plaintiff by Suffering of Loved One
II. Physical Injuries … A. Disfigurement … B. Nervous Condition, Personality or Appearance Change … C. Insanity, Pneumonia, and Heart Condition … D. Reduction of Life Expectancy
III. Pleading Personal Injuries
IV. Assessment of Damages … A. Where There Is More Than One Defendant … B. Where There Is Only One of Several Possible Defendants
V. Proving Pain and Injuries … A. Medical Testimony … B. Plaintiff’s Exhibition of Wounds … C. Witness’ Description of Plaintiffs’ Pain … D. Res Gestae Statements … E. Injuries to Plaintiff’s Fellow Passenger
VI. Proof of Mental Suffering
Recommended Citation
Ray C. Simmons,
General Damages,
38 Neb. L. Rev. 730
(1959)
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