Aren psychological injury cases difficult to prove?
Yes, in most circumstances. Jurors and judges are generally quite skeptical of psychological injury claims since they are potentially so easy to manufacture. However, this distrust can be overcome in credible cases in which the plaintiff’s attorney and experts can present evidence of a reasonable connection between the subject trauma and the plaintiff’s psychological injury. Generally speaking, the more severe the trauma the easier it is to show a connection to a plaintiff’s psychological injury. However, it is important to recognize that we all react to trauma differently, and, what may be a minor trauma to one person may be a severe trauma to another.
