LPL4802–LAW OFDAMAGE
, QUESTI
ON1
1.
1
I
ntr
oduct
ion
Emot i
onal shockisdefi
nedasapai nandsuff
ering,butitmayal socausefurt
her
recognizedpsy chi
atr
icconsequencessuchasi nsomni a,anxi
etyneuroses,hy
ster
ia,
depressionorot hermentalorphysical
condit
ionswhi charerecognizedasnon
patri
moni all
oss.Theemot i
onal shockcausedar eali
mpactont heplai
nti
ff
.
Thepr
oof
sfr
om t
hepl
aint
if
fs
Itwaspr ovedbyt hepr ofessionalst hatthepl ainti
ffshav esuf fer
edemot ional tr
auma.
Itissignifi
cantt hatt herepor tmakesnoment i
onofadi agnosisofgr i
efnori sther
e
anyspeci f
icrefer encet ogr i
efasapsy chologi caldisorderorcondi t
ionascl aimedin
claim B.Inshor t
, theexper treportsimpl ymakesnor eferenceofgr i
ef.Ther eport
statest hatfami lymember si ndicatedt hatthedeat hofMi chaelwasat raumat ic
experiencef ort hem andwasf ol
lowedbyadr ast i
cchangei nt hefuncti
oni ngoft he
fami l
ywi thfirstPl ainti
fflosingherj obasadomest i
cwor kerduringtheper iodof
bereav ement .Andf rom consul tati
onswi t
ht hewi tnessi tappear edthatt hef amil
y
hasbeengoi ngt hr oughaper i
odofgr i
ef.Ther epor tfurtherstatesthatadi ffer
enti
al
diagnosi sofber eav ement ,post -
traumat icstressdi sorderandmaj ordepr essive
disorderwer ei ndi catedwi thoutst atingther easonsandf actsuponwhi cht he
diagnosi swasmadei nrelationt oeachoft hepl ai
nt i
ffsandmi norchil
dr en( 29).
Thepl
aint
if
fgr
iev
esandsuf
fer
ing
MrMal epo,theclinical psychologi
stwhot r
eatedthemember softheKomapef amily,
gav eevidencei nav eryshor ttimer el
yingonthef actsandconclusi
onsetoutint he
reportsbyMsSodi .Heal sostatedthatbothoft hem haveshowni mprovementsince
theirfi
rstvisitin2015f rom hi
scl i
nic.Thepresentati
onofsy mptomsf orpost-
traumat i
cst ressdisor derwerest r
ongeri nhercaseasi nthecaseofM. 2.No
sy mptomsf orbereav ementwer epresent.M.3they oungestonlyshowedsy mptoms
(orsigns)forber eav ement .
Ther
esponsi
bil
i
tyoft
hebasi
ceducat
ion
Thebasi ceducat ionfail
edt oprotectthehumanr i
ghtsofthechi ldr
enoft heschool
i
ncl udingMi chel̀s.Theev i
denceal soshowedt hattherear
esaf eandaf fordabl
e
product savai l
ableinthemar ketforusebychi l
dren.Iti
sdisturbingtolearnfrom the
evidencet hatf undsallocatedt oseconddef endantinannual budgetsarenotut i
li
sed
fort hepurposebudget edfor .I
tisclearthatduet olackofpolit
icalwil
lnoef for
twas
madet obett erthesituati
onatschool sofwhi cht heseconddef endantwaswel l
awar eof(
59) .
Compensati
onwil
lbemadefort
heemoti
onalshockthatr
esul
tsinal
osswhichmay
bedescr
ibedas`r
ecogni
sedpsy
chi
atr
ici
njur
y`.I
tref
erstost
ressdi
sor
dert
hatthe
, QUESTI
ON1
1.
1
I
ntr
oduct
ion
Emot i
onal shockisdefi
nedasapai nandsuff
ering,butitmayal socausefurt
her
recognizedpsy chi
atr
icconsequencessuchasi nsomni a,anxi
etyneuroses,hy
ster
ia,
depressionorot hermentalorphysical
condit
ionswhi charerecognizedasnon
patri
moni all
oss.Theemot i
onal shockcausedar eali
mpactont heplai
nti
ff
.
Thepr
oof
sfr
om t
hepl
aint
if
fs
Itwaspr ovedbyt hepr ofessionalst hatthepl ainti
ffshav esuf fer
edemot ional tr
auma.
Itissignifi
cantt hatt herepor tmakesnoment i
onofadi agnosisofgr i
efnori sther
e
anyspeci f
icrefer encet ogr i
efasapsy chologi caldisorderorcondi t
ionascl aimedin
claim B.Inshor t
, theexper treportsimpl ymakesnor eferenceofgr i
ef.Ther eport
statest hatfami lymember si ndicatedt hatthedeat hofMi chaelwasat raumat ic
experiencef ort hem andwasf ol
lowedbyadr ast i
cchangei nt hefuncti
oni ngoft he
fami l
ywi thfirstPl ainti
fflosingherj obasadomest i
cwor kerduringtheper iodof
bereav ement .Andf rom consul tati
onswi t
ht hewi tnessi tappear edthatt hef amil
y
hasbeengoi ngt hr oughaper i
odofgr i
ef.Ther epor tfurtherstatesthatadi ffer
enti
al
diagnosi sofber eav ement ,post -
traumat icstressdi sorderandmaj ordepr essive
disorderwer ei ndi catedwi thoutst atingther easonsandf actsuponwhi cht he
diagnosi swasmadei nrelationt oeachoft hepl ai
nt i
ffsandmi norchil
dr en( 29).
Thepl
aint
if
fgr
iev
esandsuf
fer
ing
MrMal epo,theclinical psychologi
stwhot r
eatedthemember softheKomapef amily,
gav eevidencei nav eryshor ttimer el
yingonthef actsandconclusi
onsetoutint he
reportsbyMsSodi .Heal sostatedthatbothoft hem haveshowni mprovementsince
theirfi
rstvisitin2015f rom hi
scl i
nic.Thepresentati
onofsy mptomsf orpost-
traumat i
cst ressdisor derwerest r
ongeri nhercaseasi nthecaseofM. 2.No
sy mptomsf orbereav ementwer epresent.M.3they oungestonlyshowedsy mptoms
(orsigns)forber eav ement .
Ther
esponsi
bil
i
tyoft
hebasi
ceducat
ion
Thebasi ceducat ionfail
edt oprotectthehumanr i
ghtsofthechi ldr
enoft heschool
i
ncl udingMi chel̀s.Theev i
denceal soshowedt hattherear
esaf eandaf fordabl
e
product savai l
ableinthemar ketforusebychi l
dren.Iti
sdisturbingtolearnfrom the
evidencet hatf undsallocatedt oseconddef endantinannual budgetsarenotut i
li
sed
fort hepurposebudget edfor .I
tisclearthatduet olackofpolit
icalwil
lnoef for
twas
madet obett erthesituati
onatschool sofwhi cht heseconddef endantwaswel l
awar eof(
59) .
Compensati
onwil
lbemadefort
heemoti
onalshockthatr
esul
tsinal
osswhichmay
bedescr
ibedas`r
ecogni
sedpsy
chi
atr
ici
njur
y`.I
tref
erstost
ressdi
sor
dert
hatthe
