(Download) "State Ex Rel Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska Supreme Court v. Jones" by The Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Ex Rel Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska Supreme Court v. Jones
- Author : The Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska
- Release Date : January 07, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 81 KB
Description
The plaintiff, James Thorpe, brought an action against the New Hampshire Department of Corrections and the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services (the defendants), alleging they were negligent in erroneously diagnosing, treating and counseling him for syphilis, and claiming, inter alia, damages for emotional distress. Following a hearing before the New Hampshire Board of Claims (the Board), the plaintiff was awarded $2,000 for unnecessary treatment and counseling and $4,000 for emotional distress. The defendants appeal the emotional distress award, arguing that the Board erred as a matter of law in awarding the plaintiff damages, where he did not claim any physical injury and did not present expert testimony on the issue of proximate cause or physical manifestations of emotional distress. For the following reasons, we reverse.