What is the evidence of emotional distress suffered by a plaintiff in a personal injury case at the bench?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Merlo v. Standard Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 130 Cal.Rptr. 416, 59 Cal.App.3d 5 (Cal. App. 1976):

1 Despite some similarities in the facts, the evidence of the emotional distress suffered by plaintiff in the case at bench is far stronger than in Fletcher v. Western National Life Ins. Co., supra, 10 Cal.App.3d 376, 87 Cal.Rptr. 78.

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