n. the physical and mental distress suffered from an injury, including actual broken bones and internal ruptures, but also the aches, pain, temporary and permanent limitations on activity, potential shortening of life, depression and embarrassment from scarring, all of which are part of the "general damages" recoverable by someone injured by anothe...
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Pain and suffering is the legal term for the physical and emotional stress caused from an injury. Pain and Suffering may also refer to: == See also == ...
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It refers to the mental as well as physical sufferings caused by the injury which may have occurred due to someone elses negligence or intentional. If the case be so, not only the physical injuries like fractures, broken bones, scratches, inability of motion but also the mental factors like depression, shortening of life, embarrasment, loss of sala...
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The physical or emotional distress resulting from an injury. Though the concept is somewhat abstract, the injured person (the plaintiff) can seek compensation in the form of cold, hard cash. How much the defendant owes for pain and suffering is calculated separately from the amount owing for more direct expenses, such as medical bills or time lost ...
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Physical and/or emotional distress compensable as an element of damage in torts.
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