Primary victims should be confined to persons who had suffered psychiatric injury caused by fear or distress resulting from involvement in a stressful event such as an accident or its immediate aftermath. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
When it comes to psychological injury and psychiatric injury claims after a car accident a vulnerability to injury is not required if the emotional injury is proven as being caused by the collision. (holnesslawgroup.com)
There was nothing in the claimant's records to show she had suffered from psychiatric injury and the defendant was entitled to take what she said at face value. (newlawjournal.co.uk)