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Damages In Wrongful Death Actions, Stanley B. Kent
Damages In Wrongful Death Actions, Stanley B. Kent
Cleveland State Law Review
It is an ancient truth that the tort law is amoral in the sense that the degree of culpability of the defendant, assuming, of course, there is any culpability at all, is not a factor in determining damages. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in wrongful death cases where the jury is admonished to fix damages solely on the basis of the "pecuniary injury" that the survivors suffered as the result of the death.' Although this instruction represents the application to death cases of the compensation theory that is so familiar in ordinary injury cases, it seems almost inhumane in …
Ill Treatment As The Cause Of Suicide, William Weaver
Ill Treatment As The Cause Of Suicide, William Weaver
Cleveland State Law Review
This paper attempts to summarize the law with respect to the liability of one whose ill treatment of another ultimately results in the suicidal death of such other.
Delay In Delivery Of Cadaver To Next Of Kin, Lawrence S. Grean, Paul Hesse
Delay In Delivery Of Cadaver To Next Of Kin, Lawrence S. Grean, Paul Hesse
Cleveland State Law Review
The general rule is that mental suffering alone, caused by mere negligence, is non-compensable. While a majority of courts seem to hold that damages may be awarded when physical injuries result from mental anguish, even though no "impact" (contact) is involved, in most states the requirement of physical injury appears steadfast. One notable exception to this rule, however, can sometimes be found in the law relating to cadavers. Briefly stated, it holds that mental anguish suffered by the next of kin, resulting from interference with the body of the deceased, is sufficient basis for compensation, irrespective of contemporaneous physical injury. …
Damages For Mental Suffering In Discrimination Cases, John E. Duda
Damages For Mental Suffering In Discrimination Cases, John E. Duda
Cleveland State Law Review
This article explores the legal basis for an award of damages for mental suffering caused by unlawful racial discrimination. It necessarily includes religious and nationality discrimination,since these three areas are intertwined in the law. For the most part, the legal principles are applicable alike to all three forms of discrimination. Mental suffering is treated as an element of compensatory damages on the theory that the purpose of such an award is to compensate the claimant for his loss and not necessarily to penalize the discriminator. Punishment enters the analysis only to the extent that the prevailing legal rules governing damage …
Mental Suffering As An Element Of Damages In Defamation Cases, Jack G. Day
Mental Suffering As An Element Of Damages In Defamation Cases, Jack G. Day
Cleveland State Law Review
To insure the focus of theme it is assumed for present purposes that the hurdles of proof and proximate cause in an actionable defamation have been cleared and that there is no concern with any other issues that may arise, offensively or defensively, in a defamation action beyond the propriety, or impropriety, of proving mental suffering as an element of compensable damage. Stated another way, the crux of the matter is whether mental anguish is, can, or ought to be classified as special damage in defamation actions. Punitive damages are, of course, an element of no relevance here except in …