What is the range of damages for emotional pain and suffering suffered by a plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Zoria Farms, Inc., Case No. 1:13-cv-01544-DAD-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Compensatory damages may be awarded for "future pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and other nonpecuniary losses." 42 U.S.C. 1981a(b)(3). A victim's testimony alone is a sufficient basis on which to award compensatory damages for emotional pain and suffering. Chalmers v. City of L.A., 762 F.2d 753, 761 (9th Cir. 1985).
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