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Psychological assessment of postdisaster class action and personal injury litigants: A case study

✍ Scribed by Shirley A. Murphy; John P. Keating

Book ID
102926856
Publisher
Springer
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
546 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-9867

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The case study method is used to describe psychological assessments undertaken with victims of a combined natural/technological disaster for litigation purposes. A class action suit was filed in which the authors determined levels of traumatic stress in 27 plaintiffs as a group and relative to each other. The process was effective–the case was settled out of court in favor of the litigants. Individual litigants were satisfied with monetary awards received.

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